Diagnostic Efficacy of Cardiac Scintigraphy with 99mTc-Pyrophosphate for Latent Myocardial Inflammation in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation

Objectives. This work aimed to study the efficacy of hybrid 99mTc-Pyrophosphate SPECT/CT for diagnosis of latent inflammatory processes in the myocardium of patients with atrial fibrillation (AF). Methods. The study comprised 34 patients aged 44 ± 9 years with AF of unknown etiology referred for rad...

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Main Authors: Julia Ilyushenkova, Svetlana Sazonova, Konstantin Zavadovsky, Roman Batalov, Yuliya Rogovskaya, Yana Anfinogenova, Yurii Lishmanov
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2020-01-01
Series:Cardiology Research and Practice
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/5983751