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Gated SPECT Evaluation of the Relationship Between Admission Troponin I, Myocardial Salvage, and Functional Recovery in Acute Myocardial Infarction Treated by Abciximab and Early Primary Angioplasty

¹ Division of Cardiology, Misericordia e Dolce Hospital, Prato, Italy
² Nuclear Medicine Unit, Department of Clinical Physiopathology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
³ Nuclear Medicine Unit, Misericordia e Dolce Hospital, Prato, Italy

View larger version (15K): [in a new window]   FIGURE 1. Myocardial perfusion changes in study patients. Patients with elevated troponin I level on admission are indicated by black bars; those with normal troponin I level, by white bars. LV = left ventricle.

View larger version (11K): [in a new window]   FIGURE 2. Salvage index in study patients. Patients with elevated troponin I level on admission are indicated by black bars; those with normal troponin I level, by white bars.

View larger version (14K): [in a new window]   FIGURE 3. Changes in left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) after primary percutaneous intervention. Patients with elevated troponin I level on admission are indicated by black bars; those with normal troponin I level, by white bars.