[Immunoscintigraphy using 111In-antimyosin-antibodies in the clinical diagnosis of myocarditis].
Thirty patients suspected of having acute myocarditis underwent examination with 111In-labeled antimyosin antibodies. The heart/lung ratio was used for scintigraphic evaluation, with a value of > 1.5 being regarded as positive. The values were correlated with a score based on typical clinical parameters, separating myocarditis into categories "unlikely", "possible" and "highly probable". There was complete correlation in the category "myocarditis highly probable"--with a heart/lung ratio > 1.5 (11 patients)--and in the category of "myocarditis unlikely"--with a heart/lung ratio of < or = 1.5 (5 patients). The category "myocarditis possible" included 2 cases with a scintigraphic vote for the presence of myocarditis and 12 cases against. Immunoscintigraphy with antimyosin antibodies has shown itself to be a valuable non-invasive tool in the investigation of suspected myocarditis.
Franke
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Abteilung für Nuklearmedizin, Allgemeines Krankenhaus St. Georg, Hamburg, FRG.
Volkmer
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Meinertz
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Leisner
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B
D000208:Acute Disease; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007205:Indium Radioisotopes; D008297:Male; D009205:Myocarditis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000453:epidemiology; D016719:Radioimmunodetection; D012189:Retrospective Studies
D007205:Indium Radioisotopes
Immunszintigraphie mit 111In-Antimyosin-Antikörpern in der klinischen Diagnostik der Myokarditis.