Key result
Nuclear medicine studies of the heart successfully identified myocardial injury in two electric shock patients who had normal electrocardiogram and myocardial enzyme levels.
Why the study?
Can nuclear medicine studies diagnose transient myocardial damage in electric shock patients with normal ECG and myocardial enzyme levels?
Case Report (n=2)
Can nuclear medicine studies diagnose transient myocardial damage in electric shock patients with normal ECG and myocardial enzyme levels?
Nuclear medicine imaging may be useful for detecting transient myocardial damage in electric shock patients when standard ECG and cardiac enzymes are normal.
May detect occult myocardial injury after electric shock with normal ECG and enzymes; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation before clinical adoption.
Heart injury due to electric shock is currently diagnosed based on electrocardiogram (ECG) changes or elevated levels of myocardial enzymes or both. However, the rate at which ECG detects abnormalities is very low; thus, the estimated rate of the diagnosis of myocardial damage due to electric shock is lower than the actual rate. The method of nuclear medicine study of the heart is superior with regard to evaluating transient ischemia, such as angina pectoris, in patients whose ECG and myocardial enzyme levels are normal. Therefore, we attempted to diagnose transient myocardial damage in electric shock patients by using nuclear medicine study of the heart.
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Amino et al. (2009) conducted a case report in Electric shock (n=2). Nuclear medicine study of the heart was evaluated on Diagnosis of transient myocardial damage. Nuclear medicine studies of the heart successfully identified myocardial injury in two electric shock patients who had normal electrocardiogram and myocardial enzyme levels.
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