Imaging of the heart using metaiodobenzylguanidine
- 1 July 1990
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Journal of Thoracic Imaging
- Vol. 5 (3) , 31-36
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00005382-199007000-00007
Abstract
Catecholamines have profound influences on cardiac function. Mechanisms relating abnormalities in sympathetic innervation to myocardial dysfunction are poorly understood, however. Recent studies have demonstrated the feasibility of noninvasively imaging the sympathetic nerves of the heart using radiolabeled MIBG. This article examines some of the experimental evidence to support the neuronal localization of MIBG. In addition, the early clinical experience is reviewed.Keywords
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