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A new radiotracer, 99mTc-imidodiphosphate, has been investigated in a series of 101 consecutive admissions to a Coronary Care Unit in a large teaching hospital to assess its potential as an acute myocardial infarct imaging agent. This agent shows high sensitivity for transmural infarction (0.96), subendocardial infarction (0.88) and high overall specificity (1.00). The clarity of the images produced, and the time after the acute episode when studies were positive suggest that it is the agent of choice for imaging the acutely infarcted myocardium.
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Cook, D.J., Mahar, L.J., Chatterton, B.E. et al. 99mTc-imidodiphosphate — A better tracer for infarct-avid imaging. Eur J Nucl Med 7, 207–210 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00256465
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