UNLABELLED This study was designed to assess the prognostic value of stress myocardial perfusion SPECT with electrocardiographic (ECG) gating in patients undergoing noncardiac surgical treatment. METHODS The study included 481 consecutive patients who underwent noncardiac surgery and had been referred for preoperative myocardial perfusion scintigraphy. Myocardial scintigraphy used (99m)Tc-lab...

Subarachnoid hemorrhage may be complicated by neurogenic stunned myocardium, a catecholamine-induced transient cardiomyopathy that displays a wide clinical spectrum of cardiac abnormalities, including electrocardiographic changes, arrhythmias, myocardial necrosis, and left ventricular systolic and diastolic dysfunction. However, less is known about the cardiac metabolic consequences of acute su...

Twenty patients with blunt abdominal trauma were diagnosed as having splenic rupture by Tc-99m sulfur colloid scintigraphy. Because of the increased risk of infection in children following splenectomy, surgery was not performed and scintigraphic followup of the injured spleens was carried out. Thirteen patients were scanned at least 2 mo after trauma and the longest followup was 1 yr. Only thre...

Urinary leakage is a well-recognized complication of renal transplant surgery, which may lead to increased morbidity. In order to define clinical efficacy of renal scintigraphy in urinary leakages, we retrospectively reviewed 82 renal transplant patients with early scintigraphic exams in the current study. The clinical, scintigraphic and ultrasonographic findings were comparatively evaluated. S...