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. 2013 Nov;269(2):577-84.
doi: 10.1148/radiology.13122324. Epub 2013 Jun 25.

Acute myocardial infarction: estimation of at-risk and salvaged myocardium at myocardial perfusion SPECT 1 month after infarction

Guillermo Romero-Farina  1 , Santiago Aguadé-Bruix, Jaume Candell-Riera, M Nazarena Pizzi, Victor Pineda, Jaume Figueras, Gemma Cuberas, Gustavo de León, Joan Castell-Conesa, David García-Dorado
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Acute myocardial infarction: estimation of at-risk and salvaged myocardium at myocardial perfusion SPECT 1 month after infarction

Guillermo Romero-Farina et al. Radiology. 2013 Nov.

Abstract

Purpose: To estimate at-risk and salvaged myocardium by using gated single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) myocardial perfusion imaging after acute myocardial infarction (AMI).

Materials and methods: The study was approved by the hospital's Ethical Committee on Clinical Trials (trial register number, PR(HG)36/2000), and all patients gave informed consent. Forty patients (mean age, 61.78 years; eight women) with a first AMI underwent two gated SPECT examinations--one before percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and one 4-5 weeks after PCI. Myocardium at risk was estimated by assessing the perfusion defect at the first gated SPECT examination, and salvaged myocardium was estimated by assessing the risk area minus necrosis at the second examination. Myocardium at risk was estimated by determining the discordance between the areas of left ventricular (LV) wall motion and perfusion at the second examination. Concordance between tests was analyzed by means of linear regression analysis, the Pearson correlation, the intraclass correlation coefficient, and Bland-Altman analysis.

Results: An improvement in perfusion, wall motion, wall thickening, and LV ejection fraction (P < .001) was observed at 1 month. At 1 month, the area with abnormal wall motion was greater than the area of altered perfusion (35.47 vs 23.1 cm(2); P = .007). The extent of myocardium at risk estimated from this discordance correlated well with myocardium at risk measured at the first gated SPECT examination and with salvaged myocardium between both studies (Pearson correlation: 0.78 and 0.6, respectively). Concordance for correct classification of patients with salvaged myocardium of 50% or greater was 83% (κ = 0.65).

Conclusion: Myocardial perfusion gated SPECT performed 1 month after early PCI in a first AMI provides potentially useful information on at-risk and salvaged myocardium.

Supplemental material: http://radiology.rsna.org/lookup/suppl/doi:10.1148/radiol.13122324/-/DC1.

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