Scintigraphy of the myocardium with the use of 201Tl chloride

On the base of 337 examinations, conducted in 201 patients with cardiovascular diseases and in 16 healthy people, methodic aspects of myocardium scintigraphy with 201Tl chloride are specified, criteria of scintigram processing and interpretation being developed. It is shown that scintigraphy after intravenous injection of 201Tl is a highly informative method of the evaluation of myocardium perfusion state, permitting to find myocardium hypertrophy, left cardial ventricle dilatation and to determine the presence and localization of injured myocardium perfusion zones. It is established that adequate interpretation of the examination results is possible when conducting myocardium scintigraphy in 3 projections with subsequent computer processing