Open AccessResurrection of Thallium-201 for Myocardial Perfusion Imaging
Author(s) -
H. William Strausś,
Dale L. Bailey
Publication year - 2009
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.2009.01.002
Subject(s) - thallium , myocardial perfusion imaging , perfusion , perfusion scanning , medicine , cardiology , nuclear medicine , materials science , metallurgy
Thallium-201 has several virtues as a myocardial perfusion agent. It is one of the best of the soluble agents for measuring regional myocardial perfusion, because it has a blood clearance half-time of 88% ([1][1]) (compared with the >1-min
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