Single-Photon Techniques for Early Detection of Cardiotoxicity
Technique | Tracer |
Mechanical (pump) function | 99mTc MUGA (radionuclide ventriculography or equilibrium radionuclide angiocardiography) 99mTc gated blood-pool SPECT |
Neuronal imaging | 123I-MIBG See Table 3 for neuronal imaging PET tracers |
Imaging necrosis/cell death | 111In-antimyosin |
Imaging cell death/apoptosis | 99mTc-annexin V |
Fatty acid use | 123I-BMIPP 123I-paraphenyl pentadecanoic acid |
Therapeutic target imaging | 111In-trastuzumab |