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Published in: Journal of Nuclear Cardiology 1/2019

01-02-2019 | Images that Teach

Reversed redistribution in SPECT images from spontaneous coronary vasospasm

Authors: Fahad Aftab, MD, Steven Daniels, MD

Published in: Journal of Nuclear Cardiology | Issue 1/2019

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Excerpt

A 53-year-old male presented after a syncopal episode after taking sublingual nitroglycerin for chest pain. His past history included a percutaneous coronary intervention of the left circumflex artery using a drug-eluting stent 3 weeks prior, as well as remote stenting of the proximal right coronary artery (RCA) and mid left anterior descending artery (LAD) using drug-eluting stents. During the hospitalization, he experienced recurrent chest pain and an electrocardiogram displayed ST elevations in the anterior leads, https://static-content.springer.com/image/art%3A10.1007%2Fs12350-018-1236-5/MediaObjects/12350_2018_1236_Figa_HTML.gif that resolved with nitroglycerin as displayed below. https://static-content.springer.com/image/art%3A10.1007%2Fs12350-018-1236-5/MediaObjects/12350_2018_1236_Figb_HTML.gif
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Metadata
Title
Reversed redistribution in SPECT images from spontaneous coronary vasospasm
Authors
Fahad Aftab, MD
Steven Daniels, MD
Publication date
01-02-2019
Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Published in
Journal of Nuclear Cardiology / Issue 1/2019
Print ISSN: 1071-3581
Electronic ISSN: 1532-6551
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12350-018-1236-5

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