November 1, 1983Clinical Nuclear Medicine
Phase and Amplitude Imaging in the Diagnosis of Acute Right Ventricular Damage in Inferior Infarction
Why the study?
Does phase and amplitude analysis of equilibrium gated cardiac blood pool studies detect right ventricular damage in patients with acute inferior infarction?
Population
37 patients with acute inferior myocardial infarction
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
Discussion
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Implication
May aid RV infarct detection in inferior MI; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation before practice change.
Structured PICO
Does phase and amplitude analysis of equilibrium gated cardiac blood pool studies detect right ventricular damage in patients with acute inferior infarction?
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Population
37 patients with acute inferior myocardial infarction
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Intervention
Phase and amplitude analysis of equilibrium gated cardiac blood pool studies
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Outcome
Detection of right ventricular extension of the infarctsurrogate
Phase and amplitude analysis of equilibrium gated cardiac blood pool studies is a useful imaging modality for documenting right ventricular damage in patients with acute inferior myocardial infarction.
Cite This Study
Lisbona et al. (1983) studied this question.