Focal severe decrease in myocardial technetium-99 m sestamibi uptake indicates ventricular irreversibility in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy.

Misato ChimuraTomohito OhtaniFusako SeraKei NakamotoShozo KonishiHiroshi MiyawakiKenji KajitaniRie HiguchiHidetaka KiokaShungo HikosoNoriyuki TomiyamaYasushi Sakata

Published in: Annals of nuclear medicine (2021)

In DCM patients, myocardial 99mTc-MIBI %uptake of < 40% indicated non-viable myocardium. The focal and severe decrease in uptake in approximately more than a quarter of the LV myocardium may indicate non-viable LV.

Keyphrases

left ventricular
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
heart failure
peritoneal dialysis
prognostic factors
drug induced
catheter ablation