Comparison of 99Tcm-HMPAO-labelled white blood cells and 67Ga citrate scans to detect myocarditis in the acute phase of Kawasaki disease.
Myocardial imaging with 99Tcm-HMPAO-labelled white blood cells (WBC) and 67Ga citrate was used to detect myocarditis in the acute phase of Kawasaki disease among 22 infants and children; 18 cases of myocarditis were detected by 99Tcm-HMPAO-labelled WBC heart scans, but only one case was detected by 67Ga citrate heart scans. In conclusion, 99Tcm-HMPAO-labelled WBC scanning provides a more sensitive method than 67Ga citrate scanning in the detection of myocarditis in Kawasaki disease.
Kao
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Department of Nuclear Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan, Republic of China.
Hsieh
K S
KS
Wang
Y L
YL
Chen
C W
CW
Liao
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SQ
Wang
S J
SJ
Yeh
S H
SH
D002675:Child, Preschool; D002951:Citrates; D019343:Citric Acid; D005260:Female; D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007962:Leukocytes; D008297:Male; D009080:Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D009205:Myocarditis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; D010091:Oximes; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D019690:Technetium Tc 99m Exametazime
D002951:Citrates; D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes; D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; D010091:Oximes; D019343:Citric Acid; D019690:Technetium Tc 99m Exametazime