Abstract
ACC/AHA guidelines assign a class I indication for use of myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) for the evaluation of chest pain in patients with acute coronary syndromes and a nondiagnostic ECG. However, MPI is not a widely used modality for the evaluation of patients who present to the ER with chest pain and an intermediate pretest probability for coronary artery disease.
We report a case in which resting MPI was pivotal in diagnosing acute myocardial infarction and expedited the appropriate reperfusion strategy. Copyright © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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