title: Muscle perfusion with technetium-MIBI in lower extremity peripheral arterial diseases.
abstract: There have been several methods utilized in the diagnosis or assessment of medical or surgical treatments of peripheral arterial diseases. In this study, the diagnostic value of a new tracer: 99mTc-methoxy-isobutyl-isonitrile (MIBI) has been demonstrated in patients with leg claudication. We successively performed muscle perfusion scans in 6 normals and 18 patients with claudication pain during rest and after exercise on the same day. Muscle perfusion abnormalities in all patients were consistent with the defects in the arteries of the affected limbs. The results show that this is a simple and accurate diagnostic procedure and superior to those that have been previously used.
authors.affiliation: Cerrahpasa Medical School, Istanbul University, Turkey.
authors.forename: H B
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Sayman
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Urgancioglu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D005080:Exercise Test; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007383:Intermittent Claudication / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D007866:Leg / Q000098:blood supply*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009132:Muscles / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D009570:Nitriles; D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D017256:Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi
chemical_list: D009570:Nitriles; D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; D017256:Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi