123I-MIBG Scintigraphy as a Powerful Tool to Plan an Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator and to Assess Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy in Heart Failure Patients

المؤلفون المشاركون

Treglia, Giorgio
Giordano, Alessandro
Stefanelli, Antonella

المصدر

International Journal of Molecular Imaging

العدد

المجلد 2012، العدد 2012 (31 ديسمبر/كانون الأول 2012)، ص ص. 1-6، 6ص.

الناشر

Hindawi Publishing Corporation

تاريخ النشر

2012-09-26

دولة النشر

مصر

عدد الصفحات

6

التخصصات الرئيسية

الطب البشري

الملخص EN

Iodine-123-metaiodobenzylguanidine (123I-MIBG) scintigraphy is a nuclear medicine technique which describes the functional status of the cardiac sympathetic nervous system.

It is well known that an autonomic dysfunction is present in heart failure setting as a neuronal uptake of norepinephrine is impaired in the failing myocardium.

Reduction in sympathetic nervous function in the heart, measured by reduced myocardial uptake of 123I-MIBG, is an indicator of poor prognosis for heart failure patients.

The aim of this paper was to investigate the role of 123I-MIBG scintigraphy in evaluating the need of implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) and the response to cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) in heart failure patients.

For this purpose scientific literature data on these topics were reviewed.

Based on literature data, 123I-MIBG scintigraphy seems to be a useful tool to assess which patients may benefit most from an ICD implantation to reduce the risk of ventricular arrhythmia or sudden cardiac death.

Furthermore, 123I-MIBG scintigraphy seems to predict which patients will response to CRT with an improvement in left ventricular function.

نمط استشهاد جمعية علماء النفس الأمريكية (APA)

Stefanelli, Antonella& Treglia, Giorgio& Giordano, Alessandro. 2012. 123I-MIBG Scintigraphy as a Powerful Tool to Plan an Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator and to Assess Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy in Heart Failure Patients. International Journal of Molecular Imaging،Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-490824

نمط استشهاد الجمعية الأمريكية للغات الحديثة (MLA)

Stefanelli, Antonella…[et al.]. 123I-MIBG Scintigraphy as a Powerful Tool to Plan an Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator and to Assess Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy in Heart Failure Patients. International Journal of Molecular Imaging No. 2012 (2012), pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-490824

نمط استشهاد الجمعية الطبية الأمريكية (AMA)

Stefanelli, Antonella& Treglia, Giorgio& Giordano, Alessandro. 123I-MIBG Scintigraphy as a Powerful Tool to Plan an Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator and to Assess Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy in Heart Failure Patients. International Journal of Molecular Imaging. 2012. Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-490824

نوع البيانات

مقالات

لغة النص

الإنجليزية

الملاحظات

Includes bibliographical references

رقم السجل

BIM-490824