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High-Output Heart Failure in Multiple Myeloma

JACC: Case Reports
We introduce the innovative use of technetium-99m–labeled macroaggregated albumin to diagnose high-output heart failure in a patient with multiple myeloma with persistent congestion symptoms.
Enklajd Marsela, MD, Eric Hirsch, MD, Leandro Slipczuk, MD, PhD, Mark I. Travin, MD, Renée M. Moadel, MD, MS, Ulrich P. Jorde, MD, Sasa Vukelic, MD, PhD   +6 more
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DETERMINATION OF NORMAL THYROID TECHNETIUM-99M UPTAKE VALUE IN A SINGLE CENTRE PAKISTANI POPULATION

Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal, 2021
Objective: To determine the normal value of thyroid Technetium-99m uptake value in a single centre Pakistani population. Study Design: Cross-sectional study.
Asad Malik, Fida Hussain, Muhammad Ashraf, Saima Seher, Ali Jamal, Shahzad Akbar   +5 more
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Positron emission tomography detects evidence of viability in rest technetium-99m sestamibi defects [PDF]

, 1994
Objectives. The purpose of this study was to determine the relative value of single-photon emission computed tomographic (SPECT) imaging at rest using technetium-99m methoxyisobutyl isonitrile (technetium-99m sestamibi) with positron emission tomography ...
Fig, Lorraine, Schwaiger, Markus, Muzik, Otto, Sawada, Stephen G., Gross, Milton, Wolfe, Edwin R., Allman, Kevin C., Beanlands, Rob S.B.   +7 more
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Role OF Geometric Mean in Estimation of Differential Renal Function in DMSA Scintigraphy . [PDF]

Minia Journal of Medical Research
Background: Renal scintigraphy was used to evaluate the relative renal function employing a specialized camera (Gamma camera), a computer, and variety of radiopharmaceuticals, including technetium-99m dimercaptosuccinic acid (99mTc-DMSA), technetium-99m ...
Wafaa Elsayed, Shrouk Abdulsalam, Mohammed Gaber, Mai Khalifa   +3 more
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Highly Efficient Micro-Scale Liquid-Liquid In-Flow Extraction of ^99mTc from Molybdenum

Molecules, 2021
The trend to achieve even more compact-sized systems is leading to the development of micro-scale reactors (lab-on-chip) in the field of radiochemical separation and radiopharmaceutical production.
Petra Martini, Licia Uccelli, Adriano Duatti, Lorenza Marvelli, Juan Esposito, Alessandra Boschi   +5 more
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Evaluating the technetium-99 m pertechnetate flow protocol for Graves’ disease: methodological insights: a case series

Journal of Medical Case Reports
Background Graves’ disease is the most prevalent cause of hyperthyroidism globally, with technetium-99m pertechnetate widely utilized in its diagnosis.
Jaber Abdulwahab Asiri, Rami Abdullah Alghamdi, Ahmed Ali AlRizqi, Shahad Khalaf Alrasheed, Abdulaziz Alaythan, Bander Mukhlef Alshammri, Mohammed Abdullah Alshehri, Mohammed Hadi Alarjani, Zyad Alshehri, Nahed Nasser ALFawaz, Rayan Saad Albalawi   +10 more
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Paediatric development of radiopharmaceutical imaging agents and radioligand therapeutics

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Abstract This review focuses on the development of radiopharmaceutical imaging agents and radioligand therapeutics for paediatric use. Nuclear medicine plays an important role in the diagnosis and treatment of various childhood conditions, including cancers, infections and brain disorders.
Justin L. Hay, Amandine Manon, Hunter Stephens, S. Y. Amy Cheung, Bart de Keizer, Erik T. te Beek   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Long‐term clinical trajectory of microvillus inclusion disease associated with STXBP2‐related familial hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis type 5: A case report

Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, EarlyView.
Abstract Familial hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis type 5 is caused by biallelic pathogenic variants in STXBP2, which encodes syntaxin‐binding protein, a key regulator of vesicle trafficking. In addition to immune dysregulation, patients with familial hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis type 5 may present with severe, persistent diarrhea associated ...
Hiroyuki Tanaka, Mariko Sekiguchi, Yuko Kajiho, Tetsuo Ushiku, Jun Fujishiro, Motohiro Kato   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Reevaluating the rule of two's: Age and epidemiological variations in Meckel's diverticulum

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective To evaluate the clinical characteristics, diagnostic modalities, and age‐related variation of Meckel's diverticulum (MD) using data from a nationwide pediatric inpatient database and a single‐center institutional cohort. Methods The Kids' Inpatient Database (KID) for 2016 and 2019 was queried for patients with a principal diagnosis ...
Ashley Polachek, Megha S. Mehta, Ahmed Shalaby, Aamirah Vadsariya, Wenjing Zong, David M. Troendle   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Technetium-99m pyrophosphate cardiac SPECT in endomyocardial biopsy negative cardiac amyloidosis

Radiology Case Reports, 2018
Cardiac amyloidosis is an under-appreciated cause of heart failure. Establishing a diagnosis is important because traditional heart failure treatment regimens can worsen left ventricular failure in this disease. Endomyocardial biopsy is the gold standard
Martin Krupa, MD, Rina Nguyen, BS, Jonathan Revels, DO, Lester S. Johnson, MD, PhD, FACR   +3 more
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