title: 123I-BMIPP delayed scintigraphic imaging in patients with chronic heart failure.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The objective of the present study was to clarify the ability of 123I-beta-methyl-iodophenylpentadecanoic acid (123I-BMIPP) to evaluate the heart-to-mediastinum (H/M) ratio and myocardial global washout rate (WR) in patients with chronic heart failure (CHF).
  
  
  METHODS
  The severity of CHF was evaluated on the basis of the New York Heart Association (NYHA) classification. Twenty patients with CHF (13 with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy and 7 with ischemic cardiomyopathy) and 11 age-matched controls underwent myocardial radionuclide imaging. Scintigraphic images were obtained from each participant at the early (30 min following radio-isotope injection) and late (4 h) phases using 123I-BMIPP. The H/M ratio and WR were calculated from planar images. Concentrations of plasma brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) were measured prior to the scintigraphic study.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The 123I-BMIPP uptake of early H/M and global WR did not significantly differ among groups, but uptake of delayed H/M was significantly lower in patients with NYHA class III than in controls (control 2.47 +/- 0.39; class III 1.78 +/- 0.28, P < 0.05). The uptake of delayed H/M and global WR correlated with plasma log BNP in all participants (r = -0.38, P < 0.05; 0.43, P < 0.05, respectively).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These data suggest that 123I-BMIPP uptake of delayed H/M enhances the image of CHF severity. The myocardial WR of 123I-BMIPP also effectively depicted the severity of CHF.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, 2-16-1 Sugao, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, 216-8511, Japan.
authors.forename: Keisuke
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kida
authors.forename: Yoshihiro J
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Akashi
authors.forename: Kihei
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yoneyama
authors.forename: Mitsuhiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shimokawa
authors.forename: Haruki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Musha
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005227:Fatty Acids; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007462:Iodobenzenes; D008297:Male; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D005227:Fatty Acids; D007462:Iodobenzenes; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; C049338:iodofiltic acid