Comparison of 99 Tcm-HMPAO-labelled white blood cells and 67 Ga citrate scans to detect myocarditis in the acute phase of Kawasaki disease
- 1 November 1991
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Nuclear Medicine Communications
- Vol. 12 (11) , 951-958
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00006231-199111000-00004
Abstract
Myocardial imaging with 99 Tcm-HMPAO-labelled white blood cells (WBC) and 67 Ga citrate was used to detect myocarditis in the acute phase of Kawasaki disease among 22 infants and children; 18 cases of myocarditis were detected by 99 Tcm-HMPAO-labelled WBC heart scans, but only one case was detected by 67 Ga citrate heart scans. In conclusion, 99 Tcm-HMPAO-labelled WBC scanning provides a more sensitive method than 67 Ga citrate scanning in the detection of myocarditis in Kawasaki disease.Keywords
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