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Cationic Complexes of Technetium for Myocardial Imaging

Department of Nuclear Medicine, Istituto S. Raffaele, Milan, Italy

Correspondence: For reprints contact: P. Gerundini, MD, Servizio di Medicina Nucleare, Istituto S. Raffaele, Via Olgettina 60, 20132 Milano, Italy.

ABSTRACT

Over the past 15 years a major goal of research in cardiovascular nuclear medicine has been the development of ^99mTc complexes that could replace ²⁰¹TI and thus enhance the utility of myocardial perfusion imaging. This paper presents an overview of the current state-of-art of the development of cationic ^99mTc complexes for this purpose. Cationic ^99mTc complexes that have been evaluated as myocardial perfusion imaging agents in human volunteers and/or animals are discussed and classified on the basis of the oxidation state of the technetium center.