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NOVEL DIAGNOSTIC TOOL OF PAH: LUNG 123I-MIBG SCINTIGRAPHY

Authors :
Mitsuru Ohishi
Kenjuro Higo
Sunao Miyanaga
Kayoko Kubota
Masaaki Miyata
Source :
Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 67:2072
Publication Year :
2016
Publisher :
Elsevier BV, 2016.

Abstract

Recent studies reported that lung 123I-MIBG uptake was impaired in many lung diseases and low uptake of lung 123I-MIBG is suggested to indicate the pulmonary endothelial dysfunction of pulmonary artery (PA). However, the clinical validation of 123I-MIBG scintigraphy for patients with pulmonary

Details

ISSN :
07351097
Volume :
67
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Journal of the American College of Cardiology
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........af1300409dfccbe0e3608d8dd3e37784
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1016/s0735-1097(16)32073-3