Diagnostic Efficacy of Cardiac Scintigraphy with 99mTc-Pyrophosphate for Latent Myocardial Inflammation in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation.

Conclusions: SPECT/CT-based quantitative assessment of 99mTc-Pyrophosphate accumulation in the myocardium is a highly informative noninvasive method for diagnosis of inflammatory process in the heart in patients with AF of undefined etiology. PMID: 32211203 [PubMed]

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Source: Cardiology Research and Practice - March 28, 2020 Category: Cardiology Authors: Ilyushenkova J, Sazonova S, Zavadovsky K, Batalov R, Rogovskaya Y, Anfinogenova Y, Lishmanov Y Tags: Cardiol Res Pract Source Type: research