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TEACHING CASES
With case histories, stress test data, images, findings (text explanations and annotated images), and comments.
Section 2
Artifacts - Pitfalls

• Horizontal motion
  
• Vertical motion
  
• Liver uptake
  
• Bowel uptake
  
• Bowel and liver uptake
  
• Low counts
  
• Infiltration
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

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TEACHING CASES
With case histories, stress test data, images, findings (text explanations and annotated images), and comments.
Section 3
Fixed Perfusion Defects
(Myocardial Infarction)

 
• Nontransmural inferior wall MI
  
• Transmural inferior wall MI
  
• True posterior-lateral wall MI
  
• Transmural anterior-apical-inferior wall MI
  
• Typical LAD MI in young men



























 

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TEACHING CASES
With case histories, stress test data, images, findings (text explanations and annotated images), and comments.
Section 4
Reversible Perfusion Defects
(Myocardial Ischemia)
• Severe stress-induced ischemia with Normal Baseline
  
• Moderate severe ischemia
  
• Severe and extensive ischemia
  
• Severe ischemia in residual myocardium
  
• Peri-infarct / residual myocardial ischemia
  
• Transmural / nontransmural MI with stress-induced ischemia
  
• Septal ischemia
  
• Collateral insufficiency
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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TEACHING CASES
With case histories, stress test data, images, findings (text explanations and annotated images), and comments.
Section 5
Multivessel Disease

 

• Two-vessel disease (RCA+LCx)
  
• Two-vessel disease (RCA+LAD)
  
• Three-vessel disease (treadmill)
  
• Three-vessel disease (dipyridamole)
  
• Left main disease
  

 




















 

 

 

 

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TEACHING CASES
With case histories, stress test data, images, findings (text explanations and annotated images), and comments.
Section 6
LV Volume / Pressure Overload

• TUTORIAL
  
• Primary dilated CMP
  
• Primary dilated CMP and CAD
  
• Dilated CMP sec to Hypertension (Case 1)
  
• Dilated CMP sec to Hypertension (Case 2)
  
• Dilated CMP
  
• LV dilatation sec to CAD (Case 1)
  
• LV dilatation sec to CAD (Case 2)
  
• LV dilatation sec to CAD (Case 3)
  
• LV dilatation sec to AS, AR, and MR
  
• LV dilatation sec to AS and CAD
  
• LV dilatation sec to AS / AR
  
• LV dilatation sec to AR

 

 

• TUTORIAL
  
• Mitral stenosis
  
• Ischemic cardiomyopathy
  
• Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
  Primary pulmonary hypertension
  
• Restrictive pulmonary disease
  
• Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

 

 

• Left bundle branch block (case 1)
  
• Left bundle branch block (case 2)
  
• Cocaine abuse Silent ischemia
  
• False-positive stress ECG
  
• Small artery diseases
  
• A case of stabbing chest pain!
  
• A case of broken heart!
  
• Increased lung uptake
  
• Myocarditis
  
• Reverse changes
  
• LV "dilatation"(Case 1)
  
• LV "dilatation"(Case 2)
  
• Subendocardial ischemia
  
• An unusual heart
  
• Acute embolic MI
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

 

 

 

• Triple vessel disease
  
• Lateral wall ischemia
  
• Idiopathic subvalvular septal hypertrophy
  
• Anatomy versus function
  
• Apical ischemia
  
• Global ischemia
  
• Severe stress-induced inferior wall ischemia
  
• Early post PTCA imaging
  
• Late post PTCA imaging with restenosis
  
• Post PTCA + stent imaging

 

 

• Stress-induced and chronic ischemia
  
• Chronic ischemia: Hibernating myocardium (1)
  
• Chronic ischemia: Hibernating myocardium (2)
  
• Stunned Myocardium
  
• 24-hour imaging
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

• Gated SPECT
  
• Attenuation correction: simple linear
  
• Attenuation correction: transmission
  
• Dual isotope imaging