Left heart imaging following inhalation of 15O-cabon dioxide: concise communication.
Accelerator-produced C15O2 (t 1/2 = 124 sec) is a uniquely useful radiopharmaceutical because it can be introduced rapidly and selectively into the left side of the heart by the simple noninvasive process of inhalation and breath-holding. A standard scintillation camera system was used to obtain images of the left heart by this technique. The procedure involves minimal radiation dose to the patient and may be repeated within a few minutes if necessary.
D000328:Adult; D001020:Aortic Stenosis, Subvalvular / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D002312:Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010104:Oxygen Radioisotopes; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D012119:Respiration
D010104:Oxygen Radioisotopes; D002245:Carbon Dioxide