TABLE 2

Left Ventricular Heart Uptake (%ID/g × 70 g*) at Selected Microsphere Flow Values

Microsphere flow (mL/min/g)†
Tracer0.9‡1.52.03.04.0
CMICE-0131.82.12.42.93.5
Tetrofosmin1.1§1.1§1.2§1.2§1.3§
Sestamibi1.4§1.6§1.7§1.8§1.9§
201Tl1.2§1.3§1.5§1.8§2.1§

  • ↵* Heart weight used (70 g) is average left ventricle weight of pig hearts in this study.

  • ↵† Flow values based on fit for aggregate data to Equation 2.

  • ↵‡ 0.9 mL/min/g is average pig resting microsphere flow.

  • ↵§ Significantly different from CMICE-013 (P < 0.05).