title: Relation of immediate and delayed thallium-201 distribution to localization of iodine-125 antimyosin antibody in acute experimental myocardial infarction.
abstract: Thallium-201 (TI-201) distribution in acute experimental myocardial infarction (MI) (n = 18) was compared with cardiac-specific antimyosin Fab (AM-Fab) uptake, a specific marker for myocardial necrosis. When antimyosin was injected 4 hours after ligation with TI-201 administered 23 hours 55 minutes later and measurement of myocardial distribution determined 5 minutes after intravenous administration of TI-201, (1) TI-201 distribution closely correlated with microsphere regional blood flow, and (2) an inverse exponential relation to iodine-125 (I-125) AM-Fab uptake was apparent. In another group of 4 animals, TI-201 and AM-Fab were administered intravenously 4 hours after MI, and 36 hours later myocardial distribution was measured. This delayed TI-201 distribution had a close inverse linear correlation with I-125 AM-Fab uptake. This inverse linear relation also was apparent in 28-hour-old MIs in dogs (n = 4) where collateral circulation had been established. TI-201 was administered intravenously at 27 hours after MI, and TI-201 distribution was determined 1 hour later. The present study demonstrated that whereas immediate TI-201 distribution is flow-limited, delayed TI-201 distribution is a marker of cell viability which, due to prolonged circulation time and redistribution, is not flow-limited.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000906:Antibodies / Q000032:analysis*; D003326:Coronary Circulation; D004285:Dogs; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000378:metabolism; D009206:Myocardium / Q000378:metabolism*; D009218:Myosins / Q000276:immunology*; D011868:Radioisotopes; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013793:Thallium / Q000378:metabolism*; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D000906:Antibodies; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D011868:Radioisotopes; D013793:Thallium; D009218:Myosins