Dae M W, Botvinick E H
Department of Radiology, University of California, San Francisco 94143-0252.
J Thorac Imaging. 1990 Jul;5(3):31-6. doi: 10.1097/00005382-199007000-00007.
Catecholamines have profound influences on cardiac function. Mechanisms relating abnormalities in sympathetic innervation to myocardial dysfunction are poorly understood, however. Recent studies have demonstrated the feasibility of noninvasively imaging the sympathetic nerves of the heart using radiolabeled MIBG. This article examines some of the experimental evidence to support the neuronal localization of MIBG. In addition, the early clinical experience is reviewed.
