PMID- 26664773
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
DCOM- 20151215
LR  - 20240521
IS  - 2156-7514 (Print)
IS  - 2156-5597 (Electronic)
IS  - 2156-5597 (Linking)
VI  - 5
DP  - 2015
TI  - Role of (123)I-Iobenguane Myocardial Scintigraphy in Predicting Short-term Left 
      Ventricular Functional Recovery: An Interesting Image.
PG  - 56
LID - 10.4103/2156-7514.168707 [doi]
LID - 56
AB  - (123)I-iobenguane myocardial scintigraphy (MIBG) has been shown to be a predictor 
      of sudden cardiac mortality in patients with heart failure. One patient with 
      recent anterior myocardial infarction (MI) treated with coronary angioplasty and 
      having left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) of 30% underwent early MIBG 
      myocardial scintigraphy/tetrofosmin single-photon emission computed tomography 
      (SPECT) in order to help evaluate his eligibility for implantable cardioverter 
      defibrillator (ICD). The late heart/mediastinum (H/M) ratio was calculated to be 
      1.32% and the washout rate was 1%. At 40-day follow-up after angioplasty, LVEF 
      proved to be 32%, New York Heart Association (NYHA) class was still II-III, and 
      an ICD was placed in order to reduce mortality from ventricular arrhythmias. MIBG 
      myocardial scintigraphy might be a promising method for evaluating left 
      ventricular recovery in post-MI patients.
FAU - Feola, Mauro
AU  - Feola M
AD  - Department of Cardiovascular Rehabilitation-Heart Failure Unit, Ospedale SS 
      Trinita, Fossano, Cuneo, Italy.
FAU - Chauvie, Stephane
AU  - Chauvie S
AD  - Department of Nuclear Medicine Service, Ospedale S Croce-Carle, Cuneo, Italy.
FAU - Biggi, Alberto
AU  - Biggi A
AD  - Department of Nuclear Medicine Service, Ospedale S Croce-Carle, Cuneo, Italy.
FAU - Testa, Marzia
AU  - Testa M
AD  - Department of Cardiovascular Rehabilitation-Heart Failure Unit, Ospedale SS 
      Trinita, Fossano, Cuneo, Italy.
LA  - eng
PT  - Case Reports
DEP - 20151030
PL  - United States
TA  - J Clin Imaging Sci
JT  - Journal of clinical imaging science
JID - 101564708
PMC - PMC4647125
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Congestive heart failure
OT  - MIBG myocardial scintigraphy
OT  - implantable cardioverter defibrillator
EDAT- 2015/12/15 06:00
MHDA- 2015/12/15 06:01
PMCR- 2015/10/30
CRDT- 2015/12/15 06:00
PHST- 2015/07/21 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2015/10/22 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2015/12/15 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2015/12/15 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2015/12/15 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2015/10/30 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - JCIS-5-56 [pii]
AID - 10.4103/2156-7514.168707 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - J Clin Imaging Sci. 2015 Oct 30;5:56. doi: 10.4103/2156-7514.168707. eCollection 
      2015.