Myocardial perfusion imaging with99mTc-m
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Raymond Taillefer; Louis Laflamme; Georges Dupras; Michel Picard; Denis-Carl Pha
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Article
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1988
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Springer
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English
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Unlike 201Tl, 99mTc-methoxy-isobutyl-isonitrile (99mTc-MIBI) does not redistribute in the myocardium after injection. Thus, two separate injections of this new myocardial perfusion agent are required to differentiate ischemia from scar. An injection at stress followed by a 2nd injection at rest perf