SPECT imaging with Tl-201 and Ga-67 in myocardial sarcoidosis.
Two patients with myocardial sarcoidosis are presented, both of whom underwent SPECT imaging with Tl-201 and Ga-67. The first had Ga-67 myocardial uptake with a Tl-201 defect, which disappeared with corticosteroid therapy. The second had multiple Tl-201 defects without Ga-67 uptake, which persisted despite corticosteroid therapy. Therefore, the combination of Tl-201 and Ga-67 imaging may be useful for recognizing myocardial sarcoidosis and for predicting the response to corticosteroid therapy.
Kurata
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Third Department of Internal Medicine, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Japan.
Sakata
K
K
Taguchi
T
T
Fukumoto
Y
Y
Miyata
H
H
Aoshima
S
S
Yamazaki
N
N
D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones / Q000627:therapeutic use; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy; D005260:Female; D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy; D013794:Thallium Radioisotopes; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed / Q000379:methods
D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones; D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes; D013794:Thallium Radioisotopes