Comparison of technetium-99m IgG with technetium-99m red blood cells labeling in cardiac blood-pool scintigraphy: a preliminary study

This first clinical prospective study was conducted to use of technetium-99m immunoglobulin G ((99m)Tc-IgG) as compared with autologous (99m)Tc-red blood cells (RBC) in gated blood pool ventriculography. We studied 12 patients who referred to us for a possible diagnosis of liver hemangioma or infect...

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Published inHellenic journal of nuclear medicine Vol. 14; no. 1; pp. 30 - 33
Main Authors Javadi, Hamid, Asli, Isa Neshandar, Semnani, Shahriar, Jallalat, Sara, Ansari, Mojtaba, Amini, Abdullatif, Barekat, Maryam, Assadi, Majid
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Greece 01.01.2011
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Erythrocytes - metabolism
Female
Gated Blood-Pool Imaging - methods
Heart - diagnostic imaging
Hemangioma - blood supply
Hemangioma - diagnostic imaging
Humans
Immunoglobulin G
Isotope Labeling
Liver Neoplasms - blood supply
Liver Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging
Male
Middle Aged
Organotechnetium Compounds
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Summary:This first clinical prospective study was conducted to use of technetium-99m immunoglobulin G ((99m)Tc-IgG) as compared with autologous (99m)Tc-red blood cells (RBC) in gated blood pool ventriculography. We studied 12 patients who referred to us for a possible diagnosis of liver hemangioma or infection. Six patients underwent gated planar blood pool (GPBP) acquisition using (99m)Tc-RBC and 6 GPBP acquisition using (99m)Tc-IgG. The use of (99m)Tc-IgG in cardiac blood pool studies provided comparable images to (99m)Tc-RBC. In conclusion, (99m)Tc-IgG, which is readily available and needs only a single injection, may be an attractive alternative to (99m)Tc-RBC for the estimation of various cardiac function parameters like left ventricular function.
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ISSN:1790-5427