[The assessment of myocardial perfusion with thallium-201 in patients with a complete left His bundle-branch block]

Rev Med Chil. 1990 Sep;118(9):993-9.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

Thallium-201 myocardial scintigraphy was used to evaluate coronary perfusion in 20 patients with left bundle branch block suspected of having coronary artery disease. Contemporary coronary arteriography was performed in 9 of these patients. Sensitivity and specificity of the method was similar to that obtained in patients without LBBB. A false positive results indicated ischemia of the interventricular septal region in a patient with normal coronary arteries, a known limitation of the method.

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Bundle-Branch Block / diagnostic imaging*
  • Bundle-Branch Block / epidemiology
  • Bundle-Branch Block / physiopathology
  • Coronary Circulation
  • Diagnostic Errors
  • Female
  • Heart / diagnostic imaging*
  • Heart / physiopathology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Thallium Radioisotopes*
  • Tomography, Emission-Computed / instrumentation
  • Tomography, Emission-Computed / methods
  • Tomography, Emission-Computed / statistics & numerical data

Substances

  • Thallium Radioisotopes