¹²³I-MIBG Scintigraphy as a Powerful Tool to Plan an Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator and to Assess Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy in Heart Failure Patients

Table 2

Studies about the usefulness of ¹²³I-MIBG scintigraphy in patients who underwent CRT.

Authors	Country	Number of Patients	MIBG parameters evaluated
Higuchi et al. [22]	Japan	18	Early and late H/M ratio; WR; early and late MIBG defect score
Nishioka et al. [23]	Brazil	30	Early and late H/M ratio; WR
Burri et al. [24]	Nederland	16	Early and late H/M ratio; WR
Cha et al. [25]	USA	45	Late H/M ratio; WR
Tanaka et al. [26]	Japan	50	Early and late H/M ratio; WR
Shinohara et al. [27]	Japan	27	Late H/M ratio

H/M: heart to mediastinum ratio; WR: washout rate.