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World J Radiol. Jul 28, 2014; 6(7): 502-506
Published online Jul 28, 2014. doi: 10.4329/wjr.v6.i7.502
Published online Jul 28, 2014. doi: 10.4329/wjr.v6.i7.502
Table 1 Comparison between the four articles
| No of patients (females) | Mean age | LVEF acute phase | Diagnostic techniques used for TTC | MRI (n) | SPECT (n) | FDG-PET (n) | MIBG | Time of follow-up (d) | LVEF follow-up | MRI follow-up (n) | SPECT follow-up (n) | FDG-PET follow-up (n) | MIBG follow-up (n) | |
| Yoshida et al[10] | 15 (12) | 72 | 47.7% ± 6.6% | ECG/CAG/EchoCG | - | 201Tl (10) | 8 | - | 90 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Feola et al[11] | 3 (3) | 75, 3 | 40.7% ± 5.1% | ECG/CAG/EchoCG | 3 | N13 (3) | 3 | - | 90 | 54% | 3 | 3 | 3 | - |
| Cimarelli et al[12] | 18 (13) | 67 | 35% ± 8% | ECG/CAG/EchoCG | - | 99mTc (7) or 201Tl (4) | 15 | 8 | 30-180 | 58% ± 6% | - | - | 6 | 2 |
| Rendl et al[13] | 13 (NR) | NR | 52% ± 13% | CAG/EchoCG | - | 99mTc (13) | 13 | - | 60 | 62% ± 13% | - | NR | 11 | - |
| TOTAL (n) | 49 | 3 | 37 | 39 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 2 |
- Citation: Testa M, Feola M. Usefulness of myocardial positron emission tomography/nuclear imaging in Takotsubo cardiomyopathy. World J Radiol 2014; 6(7): 502-506
- URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1949-8470/full/v6/i7/502.htm
- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.4329/wjr.v6.i7.502