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Title: Radiopharmaceuticals for imaging the heart

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OSTI ID:869370

Radiopharmaceuticals for imaging myocardial tissues are prepared by forming lipophilic, cationic complexes of radioactive metal ions with metal chelating ligands comprising the Schiff base adducts of triamines and tetraamines with optionally substituted salicylaldehydes. The lipophilic, cationic, radioactive complexes of the invention exhibit high uptake and retention in myocardial tissues. Preferred gallium-68(III) complexes in accordance with this invention can be used to image the heart using positron emission tomography.

Research Organization:
Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
FG02-89ER60868
Assignee:
Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, IN)
Patent Number(s):
5,324,502
Application Number:
07/861,778
OSTI ID:
869370
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 1992 Apr 02
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (2)

Polymeric Schiff's base chelates and their precursors: 6 Covalently polymer bound cobalt chelates from divinylsalenes and their dioxygen binding and catalytic activity journal February 1984
Polarographische Untersuchungen an Kobaltchelatkomplexen journal October 1972

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