Background Targeting exclusive antigens in atherosclerotic plaques with antibodies may
provide a noninvasive means to detect rapidly proliferative atherosclerotic lesions. 111 In-…

METhODS Study Design Twelve Italian sites (six university and six general hospitals)
experiencedin nuclear cardiologyparticipatedin the study. The interinstitutionalnature of the study, …

Physical Characteristics of Pinhole Collimators This study was undertaken to compare the
image quality of gated blood-pool images recorded with 99mTc4abeled RBCs to those …

RESULTS The similarity of delivery of the two radiotracerswas confirmed by three observers
independently for each study from sequential acquisition images of the first (Fig. 4, top) and …

DISCUSSION Early detection of residual ischemia in patients with previous myocardial
infarction, especially in a coronary territory remote from the infarct site, is important to identify …

Background. The presence of defects at stress-redistribution thallium-201 scintigraphy is
related to a higher risk of cardiac events. However, the prognostic value of defects that become …

Although the exact mechanisms of atherogenesis have not yet been elaborated, it is believed
to be an inflammatory immunological response of the injured intima. The molecules and …

Background. If single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) images are reconstructed
with filtered backprojection (FBP), not accounting for photon attenuation, artifacts can …

Sequential changes in the regional distribution of technetium 99m Teboroxime (SQ30217)
were evaluated in nine dogs with graded coronary artery stenosis, occlusion and reperfusion …

Radiolabeled mouse/human chimeric antibody Z2D3 specific for an antigen on proliferating
smooth muscle cells in human atheroma has been used to noninvasively visualize …