Evaluation of cardiac resynchronization therapy in drug-resistant dilated-phase hypertrophic cardiomyopathy by means of Tc-99m sestamibi ECG-gated SPECT

Ann Nucl Med. 2006 Nov;20(9):643-7. doi: 10.1007/BF02984664.

Abstract

This case describes a 65-year-old male with drug-resistant heart failure. Cardiac resynchronization therapy was performed. We evaluated cardiac function with volume curve differentiation software (VCDiff) from QGS data with Tc-99m sestamibi. Left ventricular parameters during atrial-right ventricular pacing were left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) 30%, end-diastolic volume (EDV) 156 ml, end-systolic volume (ESV) 108 ml and peak filling rate 1.12 (EDV/sec). And during dual chamber pacing, those were LVEF 35%, EDV 145 ml and ESV 95 ml and PFR 1.58 (EDV/sec). And during atrial-left ventricular pacing, those were LVEF 36%, EDV 152 ml, ESV 97 ml and peak filling rate (PFR) 1.35 (EDV/sec). Cardiac resynchronization therapy may improve cardiac function as well as dyssynchrony, which could be evaluated non-invasively and accurately by ECG-gated SPECT.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / diagnosis
  • Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / pathology
  • Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / diagnosis*
  • Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / pathology
  • Echocardiography
  • Electrocardiography / methods*
  • Gated Blood-Pool Imaging / methods
  • Heart Failure / therapy
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Myocardium / metabolism
  • Radiography, Thoracic / methods
  • Radiopharmaceuticals / pharmacology
  • Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi / pharmacology*
  • Time Factors
  • Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon / methods*

Substances

  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi