UCLA MEDICAL CENTER NUCLEAR MEDICINE REPORT

EXAMINATION:  PYROPHOSPHATE INFARCT SCAN (SPECT)

DATE: 4/14/2006

TECHNIQUE:  Images of the heart with anterior, left anterior oblique and left lateral views were obtained at least three hours following the intravenous injection of Technetium 99m Pyrophosphate.  Subsequently emission computed tomographic images of the chest area were obtained in a 360 degree arc.

RADIONUCLIDE DOSE: [10] mCi

COMPARISON: None

CLINICAL HISTORY: The patient is a [...]-year-old [fe]male [...], now presenting with worsening dyspnea. The patient is now referred for evaluation of a possible acute pulmonary embolism.

FINDINGS:

Usual isotope uptake is seen throughout the bony thorax, and there are no abnormal areas of isotope uptake in the region of the myocardium.

IMPRESSION:

The pyrophosphate heart images are within normal limits.  There is no evidence for an acute myocardial infarction occurring in the previous one to seven days.

Thank you for the opportunity to assist in the health care of this patient.

I, […], M.D., Ph.D., have reviewed this Nuclear Medicine study personally, and am in full agreement with the findings of the report presented here.