GE Healthcare-Product Technology-Clinical case: Anterior-apical Scar


Standard procedure Ventri - LEHRcollimator 15 min Stress 15 min Rest	Alcyone Technology procedure Discovery 530c 5 min Stress 3 min Rest

Courtesy of Pr. Kaufmann and Dr. Herzog, University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland.

Patient

74 years old man, 168 cm height, 65 kg weight.

Medical history

CAD, 2 vessel disease, ischemic cardiomyopathy. Antero-septal myocardial infarction in January 2001 PTCA/Stenting of a LAD occlusion was then performed.
CvRF: Hypertension, dyslipidemia.

Procedure

One day Tetrofosmine
339 MBq Stress
923 MBq Rest
Stress type: Pharmacological

Diagnosis

Anterior-apical akinetic and partly dyskinetic scar. No ischemic areas, but a massively diminished left ventricular function. 19% ejection fraction.

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