| Literature DB >> 8420786 |
W H Knapp1, A Bentrup, H Ohlmeier.
Abstract
The aetiology of cardiac dysfunction caused by sarcoid granulomatous inflammation may be difficult to clarify, and the potential of imaging methods is limited. We report on a patient who presented with acute biventricular decompensation. Pulmonary sarcoidosis was confirmed after hospitalization. Four weeks after the initiation of corticosteroid treatment, scintigraphy with indium-111-labelled antimyosin antibody Fab fragments (AMAB) revealed distinct activity accumulation in major parts of the left ventricular wall (heart-lung ratio: 1.6) 72 h following injection. There may be a role for AMAB scintigraphy in the early detection of cardiac sarcoidosis.Entities:
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Year: 1993 PMID： 8420786 DOI： 10.1007/bf02261250
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Eur J Nucl Med ISSN： 0340-6997