New SPECT and PET Radiopharmaceuticals for Imaging Cardiovascular Disease
Table 10
PET Radiotracers for Imaging Autonomic Dysfunction in Heart Failure.
11C-Meta-Hydroxyephedrine (11C-m-HED) (i) 11C-meta-hydroxyephedrine (11C-m-HED) similar to 123I-MIGB (ii) targets sympathetic nerve terminals with a similar metabolic profile to norepinephrine (iii) not metabolized by postsynaptic COMT and monoamine oxidase (MOA) metabolism (iv) retention reflects the capacity for rapid reuptake via NET (v) 11C = 20.3 min, = 511 keV, Maximum = 0.96 MeV, Average range in H2O (FWHM) = 1.1 mm} (vi) 11C[Cyclotron production {14N(p,)11C or 10B(d,n)11C