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Myocardial imaging with 9-(Te-123m)tellurapheptadecanoic acid

Journal Article · · J. Nucl. Med.; (United States)
OSTI ID:5926458

The distribution of radioactivity in the myocardium of rats and dogs infarcted by ligation of the left anterior coronary artery has been determined after intravenous injection of 9-(Te-123m)telluraheptadecanoic acid (Te-123m HDA). In rats the normal myocardium concentrated radioactivity (3.7% +/- 0.28 injected dose/g) to nearly three times that in the zones of infarction (1.12% +/- 0.18 dose/g). The focal defects detected in the gamma-camera images of rats and dogs correspond well with areas of infarction identified in the excised hearts by staining with triphenyltetrazolium chloride. The distribution of radioactivity from Te-123m HDA in dog hearts sectioned at autopsy showed a linear correlation (r = 0.94) with blood flow as determined with scandium-46-labeled microspheres.

DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-26
OSTI ID:
5926458
Journal Information:
J. Nucl. Med.; (United States), Journal Name: J. Nucl. Med.; (United States) Vol. 22:11; ISSN JNMEA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English