RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Radiolabeling Red Blood Cells Using A Hickman Catheter JF Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology JO J. Nucl. Med. Technol. FD Society of Nuclear Medicine SP 69 OP 70 VO 11 IS 2 A1 Hinkle, George H. A1 Shaffer, Phillip B. A1 Olsen, John O. YR 1983 UL http://tech.snmjournals.org/content/11/2/69.abstract AB Patients with surgically inserted Hickman indwelling catheters present special problems for performance of multigated cardiovascular nuclear medicine studies. The routine procedure for performing such studies—labeling red blood cells in vivo with stannous pyrophosphate followed 20 min later by administration of Tc-99m sodium pertechnetate—does not provide clinically acceptable images when the Hickman catheter is used to administer the drugs. We describe an in vitro procedure to label red blood cells that are obtained via the Hickman catheter; this method results in improved in vivo cardiovascular nuclear medicine studies.