Results: Exact agreement between the two gated SPECT studies was 84.1%(K= 0.706, r=
0.907, P< 0.0001) in WMS and 87.1%(K= 0.662, r= 0.884, P< 0.0001) in WTS. LVEF …

Objective: To investigate myocardial fatty acid metabolism and its relationship with left
ventricular (LV) function and perfusion in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) and dilated …

Electrocardiographically (ECG) gated myocardial SPECT with 99mTc-tetrofosmin has been
used widely to assess left ventricular (LV) function. However, the accuracy of variables using …

Imaging of myocardial fatty acid metabolism using 123I-betamethyl-p-iodophenyl-
pentadecanoic acid (123I-BMIPP) SPECT is useful for identifying high-risk patients with …

The kinetics and distribution of I-125 beta-methyl iodophenyl pentadecanoic acid (BMIPP) in
rat's heart were studied for separate evaluation of perfusion and metabolism. Tl-201 and …

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 …

BACKGROUND: Earlier studies have not fully investigated the significance of radionuclide
planar imaging in cardiac patients using the fatty acid analogue 123I-beta-methyl …

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 …

Results: Modeled rates of palmitate utilizationcorrelated closely with directly measured
myocardial palmitate and total long-chain fatty acid utilization (r= 0.93 and 0.96, respectively …

Objective To determine the clinical and prognostic value of identifying metabolic
abnormalities of myocardial fatty acid metabolism in idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy using …