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scintigraphy (radionuclide test)
Indications:
- a diagnostic test used to visualize the heart or other organ(s) & vessels
Contraindications:
1) pregnancy
2) lactation
Procedure:
- a radioactive substance is injected into the bloodstream & the emitted radioactivity is detected by a scanner
Specific
2,6-dimethylimminodiacetic acid [HIDA] scan (hepatobiliary scan)
captopril scan; ACE inhibitor renography; renal scintigraphy
cardiac scintigraphy (cardiac radionuclide imaging)
cholescintigraphy
dopamine transporter scan
DPTA/hippuran renal scan; radionuclide renal clearance scan
gallium scan
gastric scintigraphy (gastric emptying study)
Indium (111In)-leukocyte scintigraphy
indium-labeled WBC scan
liver-spleen scan
lymphoscintigraphy
myocardial perfusion & viability scintigraphy
N-p-isopropylacetanilide-imminodiacetic acid [PIPIDA] scan
pyrophosphate scan
radioactive iodine uptake (RAIU) test
radioisotope bone scan; bone scintigraphy; osseous survey
radionuclide ventriculography; cardiac blood pool imaging (RVG, MUGA)
renogram; radioisotope renography; MAG3 scan
single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT)
somatostatin receptor scintigraphy; octreotide scintigraphy
Tc-99m labeled erythrocyte scan
WBC scan
General
radiography (roentgenography)
References
- Hendel RC, Berman DS, Di Carli MF et al
ACCF/ASNC/ACR/AHA/ASE/SCCT/SCMR/SNM 2009 Appropriate Use
Criteria for Cardiac Radionuclide Imaging: A Report of the
American College of Cardiology Foundation Appropriate Use
Criteria Task Force, the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology,
the American College of Radiology, the American Heart Association,
the American Society of Echocardiography, the Society of
Cardiovascular Computed Tomography, the Society for Cardiovascular
Magnetic Resonance, and the Society of Nuclear Medicine.
J Am Coll Cardiol. 2009 Jun 9;53(23):2201-29
PMID: 19497454