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Remarkable Improvement of Myocardial Metaiodobenzylguanidine Uptake After Surgery in a Patient with Pheochromocytoma

A Case Report

Molecular Genetics of Cardiovascular Disorders, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kanazawa University, shimizu{at}med.m.kanazawa-u.ac.jp

Tsutomu Araki, MD

Division of Cardiology, Saiseikai Kanazawa Hospital, Kanazawa, Japan

Ryuichirou Soma, MD

Division of Cardiology, Saiseikai Kanazawa Hospital, Kanazawa, Japan

Hiroaki Takimoto, MD

Division of Cardiology, Saiseikai Kanazawa Hospital, Kanazawa, Japan

Yohei Tofuku, MD

Division of Cardiology, Saiseikai Kanazawa Hospital, Kanazawa, Japan

Masami Shimizu, MD

Molecular Genetics of Cardiovascular Disorders, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kanazawa University

A patient with pheochromocytoma showed remarkable improvement of myocardial metaiodobenzylguanidine (MIBG) uptake within a short time after surgical resection of the tumor. Myocardial MIBG findings in this case may contribute to an interpretation of the kinetics of MIBG in the human heart.

Angiology, Vol. 55, No. 5, 565-567 (2004)
DOI: 10.1177/000331970405500514


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