Gallium-67 Imaging in Cardiomyopathy
Authors: JOHN A. ROBINSON
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1979)

Brief Reports1 February 1979Gallium-67 Imaging in CardiomyopathyJOHN A. ROBINSON, M.D., JOHN O'CONNELL, M.D., ROBERT E. HENKIN, M.D., ROLF M. GUNNAR, M.D.JOHN A. ROBINSON, M.D., JOHN O'CONNELL, M.D., ROBERT E. HENKIN, M.D., ROLF M. GUNNAR, M.D.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-90-2-198 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptUnexplained congestive cardiomyopathy is a clinical dilemma. Decisions on therapy should depend upon the documentation of active myocardial inflammation. No determinants, including endomyocardial biopsy, consistently clarify the issue.Cardiac imaging has become an adjunctive procedure for the cardiologist. Practical uses have been limited to diagnostic and functional studies in ischemic heart disease. Gallium-67 scanning has been useful in localizing not only acute inflammation but also smoldering responses in liver disease, pulmonary disease, and allograft rejection (1). Myocardial gallium-67 imaging may be valuable in the diagnosis of inflammatory lesions of the heart (2, 3). We describe here myocardial gallium-67 localization in...References1. HENKIN R: Gallium-67 in the diagnosis of inflammatory disease, in Gallium-67 Imaging, edited by HOFFER PB, BEKERMAN C, HENKIN RE. New York, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1978, pp. 65-92 Google Scholar2. SPIESMEYERSBARRESIGRAISDEBOER SSVIA: A case of myocardial abscess evaluated by radionuclide techniques: case report. J Nucl Med 18:1089-1090, 1977 MedlineGoogle Scholar3. WISEMANROULEAURIGOSTRAUSSPITT JJPHB: Gallium-67 myocardial imaging for the detection of bacterial endocarditis. Radiology 120:135-138, 1976 CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. NEMICKASFISHMANKILLIPDALTONBRYNJOLFSSONROBINSONGUNNAR RDTWGJR: Massive myocardial necrosis in a young woman. Am Heart J 95:766-774, 1978 CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar5. WOODRUFFWOODRUFF JJ: Involvement of T lymphocytes in the pathogenesis of Coxsackie virus B3 heart disease. J Immunol 113:1726-1734, 1974 MedlineGoogle Scholar6. TEIXEIRATEIXEIRASANTOS-BUCH AMC: The immunology of experimental Chagas' disease. IV. Production of lesions in rabbits similar to those of chronic Chagas' disease in man. Am J Pathol 80:163-178, 1975 MedlineGoogle Scholar7. FERRANSROBERTS VW: Myocardial biopsy: a useful diagnostic procedure or only a research tool (editorial)? Am J Cardiol 41:965-967, 1978 CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar8. HAYESNELSONSWARTZENDRUBERBROWNCARLTONBYRD RBDDJB: Studies of the intracellular deposition of 67Ga (abstract). J Nucl Med 12:364, 1971 Google Scholar9. MERZMALMUDMCKUSICKWAGNER TLKH: The mechanism of 67Ga association with lymphocytes. Cancer Res 34:2495-2499, 1974 MedlineGoogle Scholar10. SIEMSENGREBESARGENTWENTZ JSED: Gallium-67 scintigraphy of pulmonary diseases as a complement to radiography. Radiology 118:371-375, 1976 CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Loyola University Medical Center Maywood, Illinois PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byDilatative KardiomyopathiePrevalence and significance of gallium-67 uptake in the heart after open-heart surgeryProgression of subclinical polyneuropathy in young patients with Type 1 (insulin-dependent) diabetes: associations with glycaemic control and microangiopathy (microvascular complications)Clinical aspects of virus/immune myocarditisMyocarditis confirmed by biopsy presenting as acute myocardial infarction.Gallium-67 imaging in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy and biopsy-proven myocarditis.Clinical and pathologic findings of myocarditis in two families with dilated cardiomyopathyHigh incidence of myocarditis by endomyocardial biopsy in patients with idiopathic congestive cardiomyopathyGallium-67 scanning: A new diagnostic approach to the post-pericardiotomy syndromeGallium-67 uptake by the heartCardiac gallium citrate concentrationGallium67 scintigraphy in fibrinous pericarditis associated with bacterial endocarditisNoninvasive diagnosis of cardiac amyloidosis by technetium-99m-pyrophosphate myocardial scintigraphyUptake of67Ga in the heart of rats treated with isoproterenolNuclear CardiologyImmunosuppressive therapy in patients with congestive cardiomyopathy and myocardial uptake of gallium-67.The natural history of idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathyRadionuclide imaging of experimental myocarditis.Gallium-67 citrate scanning for noninvasive detection of inflammation in pericardial diseases 1 February 1979Volume 90, Issue 2Page: 198-199KeywordsCardiomyopathiesCardiovascular therapyDilated cardiomyopathyHeartInflammationLesionsLiver diseasesLongitudinal studiesPneumoniaPulmonary diseases Issue Published: 1 February 1979 Copyright & Permissions©1979 American College of PhysiciansPDF downloadLoading ...