09.10.2020 | IMAGES THAT TEACH
Cardiac sympathetic denervation in coronary artery fistula
verfasst von:
Katsuya Mitamura, MD, PhD, Takashi Norikane, MD, PhD, Kenichi Tanaka, MD, PhD, Hanae Arai-Okuda, MD, Yasukage Takami, MD, PhD, Yuka Yamamoto, MD, PhD, Keisuke Matsumoto, RT, Yoshihiro Nishiyama, MD, PhD
Erschienen in:
Journal of Nuclear Cardiology
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Ausgabe 3/2022
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Excerpt
Cardiac 123I-metaiodobenzylguanidine (123I-MIBG) scintigraphy is clinically used to differentiate Parkinson’s disease and Lewy body disorders from atypical parkinsonism. The heart-to-mediastinum ratio (H/M) and the washout rate (WOR) are considered useful for diagnosis; hence physicians may tend to pay attention only to those values. We present a case of giant coronary artery fistula (CAF) with abnormal findings on 123I-MIBG scintigraphy. …