title: [Scintigraphy of the heart using noradrenaline has a prognostic value when visualising heart failure].
abstract: A number of cardiac diseases are associated with dysfunction of the autonomic nervous system, which causes an increased risk of heart failure progression. Visualisation of the heart's sympathetic nervous system, using dedicated radiolabelled tracers (which is so far mostly done with iod-123-metaiodobenzylguanidine), is a strong diagnostic tool to visualise the molecular mechanisms of heart failure and it has a different potential than more traditional image modalities.
authors.affiliation: Klinik for Klinisk Fysiologi, Nuklearmedicin & PET, Rigshospitalet, Blegdamsvej 9, 2100 København Ø. philip.hasbak@rh.regionh.dk.
authors.forename: Philip
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hasbak
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kjær
mesh_terms: D019797:3-Iodobenzylguanidine / Q000378:metabolism; D001341:Autonomic Nervous System / Q000503:physiopathology; D055426:Cardiac-Gated Single-Photon Emission Computer-Assisted Tomography; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D055414:Myocardial Perfusion Imaging / Q000379:methods; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019797:3-Iodobenzylguanidine