Myocardial assessment continues to be an issue in patients with coronary artery disease
and left ventricular dysfunction. Nuclear imaging has long played an important role in this …

BACKGROUND: Detecting myocardial ischemia in hemodialysis patients is crucial given the
high incidence of silent ischemia and the high cardiovascular mortality rates. Abnormal …

Introduction In normal condition, the heart obtains more than two-thirds of its energy from the
oxidative metabolism of long chain fatty acids, although a wide variety of substrates such as …

Fatty acid oxidation is the most efficient mode of myocardial energy production which
requires a large amount of oxygen. Thus, alteration of fatty acid oxidation is considered to be …

Injection of sestamibi during low-dose dobutamine (LDD) infusion might improve tracer
ability to detect viable myocardium. This study investigated the potential value of LDD …

Background The aim of this study was to investigate whether 123I-labelled β-methyl
iodophenyl–pentadecanoic acid (BMIPP) imaging as an abnormal myocardial fatty acid …

Discordance between the 123I-labelled 15-iodophenyl-3-R, S-methyl pentadecanoic acid
(BMIPP) and 201Tl findings may indicate myocardial viability (MV). This study compared …

Purpose Long-chain fatty acid (LCFA) is the main energy source for normal myocardium at
rest, but in ischemic myocardium, the main energy substrate shifts from LCFA to glucose …

The hierarchy of cardiac fuel consumption forms the basis of fatty acid (FA) imaging of the
myocardium in acute and chronic ischemic heart disease. FAs are the predominant (70 …

Conclusions Reduced utilization of fatty acids at rest often is observed in severely ischemic
myocardium and possibly postischemic myocardium despite normal perfusion at rest. The …