technetium-tc-99m-tetrofosmin and Heart-Septal-Defects--Ventricular

A 19-year-old man with a double-chambered right ventricle (DCRV) and an associated ventricular septal defect was admitted to the hospital for surgical correction. Preoperative study of myocardial perfusion with Tc-99m tetrofosmin SPECT depicted the two chambers of the right ventricle. There was a substantial differential in the radioactive uptake between these two chambers. The inflow and outflow chambers with different peak-pressures (94 and 18 mm Hg) showed different uptakes reflecting the pressure difference, which was intense in the inflow chamber and weak in the outflow.

Topics: Adult; Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular; Heart Ventricles; Humans; Male; Organophosphorus Compounds; Organotechnetium Compounds; Radiopharmaceuticals; Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon