International Journal of Cardiovascular Practice
Vol. 2 No. 1 (2017)

The Association between Myocardial Perfusion Scan and Electrocardiographic Findings among Patients with Myocardial Ischemia

Behzad Farahani (Department of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran)
Ramin Skandari (Department of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran)
Mohammad Amin Abbasi (Department of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran)
Sepideh Aghalou (Department of Medicine, Firoozgar hospital, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran)
Sepehr Gohari (Student, Department of Medicine, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan)
Amir Hossein Heydari (Student, Department of Medicine, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan)
Mehrdad Farahani (Department of Medicine, Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran)



Article Info

Publish Date
24 Jan 2017

Abstract

Introduction: The aim of this study was to determine the consistency of Electrocardiography (ECG) and myocardial perfusion scan findings of patients with myocardial ischemia at Firoozgar and Hazrat-Rasool hospitals.Methods: Electrocardiogram of 80 patients undergoing myocardial perfusion scans was analyzed. All patients had a stable angina. All patients with bundle branch blocks and history of MI and coronary bypass or angiography were excluded. Overall, 120 patients were evaluated with single photon emission tomography/myocardial perfusion imaging for ischemia and 80 patients had a positive test.Results: Forty-five percent of patients were female and 55% were male. The average age of patients was 61.48 years. Sixty-one patients (76.25%) had normal ECG and 19 patients (23.75) had pathological changes in their ECG. Eleven patients had ST segment depression and 6 patients had T wave inversion. Furthermore, 21 patients (26.25%) had lateral wall ischemia in their myocardial perfusion scan and 13 (16.25%) patients had septal wall ischemia. The ECG changes in male patients and hypertensive cases were more prominent.Conclusions: This study showed that ST-T changes (ST depression and T inversion) in the ECG are more suggestive of accuracy of myocardial ischemia and ECG.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

ijcp

Publisher

Subject

Medicine & Pharmacology

Description

International Journal of Cardiovascular Practice(IJCP) is an international quarterly journal dedicated to a broad spectrum of topics in cardiology. All manuscripts must be prepared in English, and are subject to a rigorous and fair peer-review process. Accepted papers will immediately appear online ...