RESULTS The mean and standarddeviations of the washout rate, the heart-to-
mediastinumratio and the inferior-to-anterior wall count ratio are shown in Tables 2 and 3 …

We studied the relationship between myocardial [123l] metaiodobenzylguanidine (MIBG)
uptake and autonomie nerve activity in normal subjects. Methods: MIBG scintigraphy and …

MATERIALS AND METhODS Patients Three hundred fifteen patients, age range 40— 79yr.
were referred for cardiac catheterization because of chest pain or ECG abnormality, which …

Altered with Progression of Heart Failure Page 1 result from either
increasedadrenergicneuronal releaseof norepinephrine (4,12) or from impaired cardiac …

OBJECTIVES.: This study was undertaken to assess myocardial adrenergic activity using
iodine-123 metaiodobenzylguanidine (MIBG) imaging in patients with heart failure …

Abstract Iodine-123 (I-123) meta-iodobenzylguanidine (MIBG) imaging was performed in 31
patients. Three patients were without cardiac disease and 28 had idiopathic dilated …

Methods: We studied35 patientswith Parkinson'sdisease and 24 control subjects with other
central nervous system diseases. The latter group consisted of 12 subjects with other …

Background123I-labeled metaiodobenzylguanidine (123I-MIBG) is used increasingly to
assess cardiac adrenergic neuron function. Few studies have reported data on myocardial …

[1@ I] MlBGwas performedinpatientswithidiopathiccongestive cardiomyopathyand
compared to normal controls. Initialuptake, half-time of tracer within the heart, and heart to …

with 123l—MIBG in the Failing Human Heart Page 1 Sympathetic Nerve Alterations Assessed
with 123l—MIBG in the Failing Human Heart Pascal Merlet. Frédéric Pottillart. Jean—Lac …