Abstract:Objective To investigate the efficacy and significance of nudein myocardial perfusion imaging (NMPI) in guiding the treatment of patients with dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) during hospitalization. Methods A total of 60 patients with DCM admitted to our hospital from January 2019 to January 2020 were selected as the study subjects. Another 30 healthy volunteers were enrolled as the normal control group. Gated blood pool imaging (GBPI) was performed in the two groups at the same time, and cardiac functional nuclide imaging was performed in the DCM group after treatment to compare and analyze the imaging characteristics of NMPI and GBPI, and to compare the changes of cardiac functional parameters in DCM patients before and after treatment. Results In normal control group, NMPI images were characterized by normal left ventricular size, clear images of left ventricular wall, and basically uniform distribution of radioactivity in each segment. The GBPI images showed normal phase map, histogram and ventricular wall motion, and that the parameters of left ventricular systolic function were in the normal range. In the DCM group, NMPI images were characterized by enlargement of the left ventricle, significant expansion of the left ventricular cavity, and significant thinning of the left ventricular wall. Besides, NMPI images showed the diffuse reduction of the radioactive distribution in each wall and presented a patchy pattern in stress imaging, which was improved in the rest imaging. The GBPI images exhibited left ventricular enlargement, left ventricular contraction, uneven phase distribution, phase angle > 60°, significantly decreased diastolic motion, and significantly lower functional parameters than those of the normal control group (P < 0.05). Among the 60 patients with DCM, NMPI abnormalities included 5 cases (8.33%) of segmental complete perfusion defect, 7 cases (11.67%) of non-uniform reduction, 34 cases (56.67%) of uniform reduction, and 14 cases (23.33%) of patchy changes. After treatment, ejection fraction (EF), peak ejection rate (PER) and peak filling rate (PFR) in DCM group were improved to different degrees compared with those before treatment, and the differences were statistically significant (P < 0.05). Conclusions The NMPI technique is a reliable method for clinical diagnosis and evaluation of therapeutic efficacy of DCM. Furthermore, the characteristics of nuclide distribution in myocardium are of important guiding significance for the treatment of patients with DCM.