11.01.2019 | Images that Teach
Myocardial perfusion imaging in non-ischemic cardiomyopathy
Erschienen in: Journal of Nuclear Cardiology | Ausgabe 3/2019
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A 63-year-old African-American man was referred for exercise SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) for the evaluation of non-exertional chest pain of 2-3 months duration that had worsened recently (occurring almost daily). He carries the diagnosis of dilated, non-ischemic cardiomyopathy (NICM) with left ventricular (LV) dysfunction by gated SPECT-MPI and 2-dimensional echocardiography (images not shown). His medication list is shown in Table 1.
Aspirin 81 mg daily
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Furosemide 40 mg daily
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Carvedilol 25 mg twice daily
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Irbesartan 300 mg daily
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Digoxin 0.25 mg daily
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Atorvastatin 20 mg daily
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Potassium Chloride 10 mEq daily
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Spironolactone 50 mg daily
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