title: Paradoxical regional myocardial uptake between 201Thallium and 123I-BMIPP SPECT in patients with cardiomyopathy.
abstract: The clinical significance of the paradoxical mismatched phenomenon between (201)Tl and (123)I-BMIPP is still unknown. We report two cases that revealed paradoxical regional myocardial uptake between two tracers in patients with cardiomyopathy. There may be abnormal myocardium in these patients where active transportation of (201)Tl is disturbed and passive transportation of (123)I-BMIPP is not disordered.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Internal Medicine, Iwate Medical University, 19-1 Uchimaru, Morioka, Iwate 020-8505, Japan. k_ueshima@imu.ncvc.go.jp
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ueshima
authors.forename: Yasuyo
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Taniguchi
authors.forename: Osamu
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Nishiyama
authors.forename: Masahiko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Saitoh
authors.forename: Toshiya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Okajima
authors.forename: Mami
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Aisaka
authors.forename: Tomohisa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Miyakawa
authors.forename: Masayuki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nagamine
authors.forename: Katsuhiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hiramori
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002312:Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000378:metabolism; D002313:Cardiomyopathy, Restrictive / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000378:metabolism; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes / Q000378:metabolism; D007462:Iodobenzenes / Q000378:metabolism; D008875:Middle Aged; D009206:Myocardium / Q000378:metabolism*; D013794:Thallium Radioisotopes / Q000378:metabolism; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon
chemical_list: D005227:Fatty Acids; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D007462:Iodobenzenes; D013794:Thallium Radioisotopes; C049338:iodofiltic acid