Research Article

N-11C-Methyl-Dopamine PET Imaging of Sympathetic Nerve Injury in a Swine Model of Acute Myocardial Ischemia: A Comparison with 13N-Ammonia PET

Table 1

Serum levels of myocardial enzymes before and after surgery.

AST (U/L)LDH (U/L)CK (U/L)CK-MB (U/L)HBDH (U/L)
BeforeAfterBeforeAfterBeforeAfterBeforeAfterBeforeAfter

120.0410.9120.01992.0180.023720.015.0664.284.51617.0
218.0123.1135.0978.0154.818083.013.4481.679.4874.0
38.0331.2158.03227.0198.04014.07.0372.780.01548.0
421.0195.6181.02559.0148.27418.014.0164.7154.0822.0
530.0164.6153.01579.075.08185.06.9265.2135.41657.0
625.3215.7127.51375.0176.05224.010.7273.592.71385.0
727.8305.5159.31498.0210.06718.013.2318.7127.41439.0

Mean21.4249.5147.71886.9163.110480.311.5362.9107.61334.6
SD7.3102.521.3773.844.67431.23.3165.230.6345.8

AST: normal reference value (8–37 U/L); LDH: normal reference value (110–240 U/L); CK: normal reference value (0–250 U/L); CK-MB: normal reference value (0–25 U/L); HBDH: normal reference value (72–182 U/L).