Radiolabeled Arginine-Glycine-Aspartic Acid Peptides to Image Angiogenesis in Swine Model of Hibernating Myocardium
Author(s) -
Lynne L. Johnson,
Lorraine Schofield,
Tammy Donahay,
Mark Bouchard,
Athena Poppas,
Roland Haubner
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
jacc. cardiovascular imaging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.79
H-Index - 120
eISSN - 1936-878X
pISSN - 1876-7591
DOI - 10.1016/j.jcmg.2008.05.002
Subject(s) - angiogenesis , hibernating myocardium , medicine , neovascularization , vascular endothelial growth factor , artery , circumflex , integrin , blood flow , cardiology , cd31 , revascularization , pathology , vegf receptors , myocardial infarction , receptor
Our aim was to image angiogenesis produced by endomyocardial injection of phVEGF165 in a swine model of hibernating myocardium using [123I]Gluco-arginine-glycine-aspartic acid (RGD) targeting the alphavbeta3 integrins.
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