Why the study?
Does exercise thallium-201 myocardial scintigraphy correlate with chest pain in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy?
Population
23 patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, 18 of whom presented with chest pain.
Design
Case_series
Authors
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Supports ischaemia as angina mechanism in HCM; leaves open scintigraphy's diagnostic utility beyond symptoms.
Does exercise thallium-201 myocardial scintigraphy correlate with chest pain in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy?
Exercise thallium-201 myocardial scintigraphy has limited diagnostic value in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy but provides insight into the mechanism of angina production via regional myocardial ischemia.
Pitcher et al. (1980) studied this question.
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