Research Article

Comparison of 111In Leakage from Labeled Endocardial and Epicardial Cells: Impact on Modeling Viability of Cells to Be Transplanted into Myocardium

Table 1

Heart to wholebody ratios of 111In postinjection (ratios expressed as %).

EPI (%)
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0 hrs31.819.445.3*49.262.656.459.757.849.5
29.418.347.660.553.656.945.1
46.855.054.142.9
27.917.446.359.252.554.2
46.257.251.441.0
5 hrs26.317.145.556.451.252.549.339.4

ENDO (%)
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0 hrs22.842.945.544.054.162.560.049.259.857.6
23.940.843.242.352.060.356.147.654.454.8
21.339.040.640.950.159.554.044.750.552.5
20.637.938.948.558.452.343.047.250.2
19.936.937.540.147.757.651.441.644.548.4
5 hrs19.136.336.839.446.7

*Serial wholebody scans not acquired at day 0.
All data acquired over a 5 hr period following injection.