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Thallium Exam Findings:

Normal Variants

Right ventricular activity

Increased Pulmonary Activity

Left ventricle stress dilatation

Myocardial Viability

Stunned myocardium

Hibernating myocardium

Sestamibi

PET

MR imaging

Reverse Redistribution

False Positive Exam

1. Normal variant

2. Mitral Valve Prolapse

3. Valvular Heart Disease

4. Left Bundle Branch Block

5. Idiopathic Hypertrophic Subaortic Stenosis

6. Hypertensive Myocardial Hypertrophy

7. Cardiac contusion

8. Infiltrating myocardial disease

9. Cardiomyopathy

10. Bland-White-Garland Syndrome

11. Coronary spasm

12. Myocardial bridge

13. Myocarditis

14. Decreased coronary flow reserve: Syndrome X

15. Recent Post-PTCA

16. Papillary muscles

17. Diaphragmatic Creep

18. Patient Motion

19. Artifact

False Negative Exam