title: Myocardial uptake of thallous ion in animals.
abstract: The details of the metabolism of thallium are still unknown. The former hypothesis that 201thallium as used for myocardial imaging follows a potassium-like metabolism was called in question after animal experiments with rats and guinea-pigs. A critical review basing on these results and the results of patients' assessments and electro- and quantum-chemical experiments and calculations shows that the mode of the uptake of thallium into myocardial tissue is not in accordance with the uptake of potassium into living tissue.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002191:Canrenoic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D009206:Myocardium / Q000378:metabolism*; D010042:Ouabain / Q000494:pharmacology; D011868:Radioisotopes / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D013793:Thallium / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D011868:Radioisotopes; D010042:Ouabain; D002191:Canrenoic Acid; D013793:Thallium