Role of Stress Myocardial Scintigraphy in the Evaluation of Incompletely Revascularized Post-PCI Patients

Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is actually the most used method of revascularization. Although complete revascularizationremains a desirable goal, it may not be possible or not easy to plan in many patients. Thus, incomplete revascularizationmight be a preferred treatment strategy in selected patient categories. Stress myocardial scintigraphy, because of its high diagnosticaccuracy and prognostic value and its ability to assess location and extent of myocardial ischemia regardless of symptoms as wellas to evaluate patients who are unable to exercise or who have uninterpretable electrocardiogram, is of paramount importance forclinical decision making in patients with multivessel disease and incomplete revascularization.