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Scintigraphic techniques for early detection of cancer treatment-induced cardiotoxicity.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  21421717     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
New antitumor agents have resulted in significant survival benefits for cancer patients. However, several agents may have serious cardiovascular side effects. Left ventricular ejection fraction measurement by (99m)Tc multigated radionuclide angiography is regarded as the gold standard to measure cardiotoxicity in adult patients. It identifies left ventricular dysfunction with high reproducibility and low interobserver variability. A decrease in left ventricular ejection fraction, however, is a relatively late manifestation of myocardial damage. Nuclear cardiologic techniques that visualize pathophysiologic processes at the tissue level could detect myocardial injury at an earlier stage. These techniques may give the opportunity for timely intervention to prevent further damage and could provide insights into the mechanisms and pathophysiology of cardiotoxicity caused by anticancer agents. This review provides an overview of past, current, and promising newly developed radiopharmaceuticals and describes the role and recent advances of scintigraphic techniques to measure cardiotoxicity. Both first-order functional imaging techniques (visualizing mechanical [pump] function), such as (99m)Tc multigated radionuclide angiography and (99m)Tc gated blood-pool SPECT, and third-order functional imaging techniques (visualizing pathophysiologic and neurophysiologic processes at the tissue level) are discussed. Third-order functional imaging techniques comprise (123)I-metaiodobenzylguanidine scintigraphy, which images the efferent sympathetic nervous innervations; sympathetic neuronal PET, with its wide range of tracers; (111)In-antimyosin, which is a specific marker for myocardial cell injury and necrosis; (99m)Tc-annexin V scintigraphy, which visualizes apoptosis and cell death; fatty-acid-use scintigraphy, which visualizes the storage of free fatty acids in the lipid pool of the cytosol (which can be impaired by cardiotoxic agents); and (111)In-trastuzumab imaging, to study trastuzumab targeting to the myocardium. To define the prognostic importance and clinical value of each of these functional imaging techniques, prospective clinical trials are warranted.
Authors:
Lioe-Fee de Geus-Oei; Annelies M C Mavinkurve-Groothuis; Louise Bellersen; Martin Gotthardt; Wim J G Oyen; Livia Kapusta; Hanneke W M van Laarhoven
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Review     Date:  2011-03-18
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of nuclear medicine : official publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine     Volume:  52     ISSN:  1535-5667     ISO Abbreviation:  J. Nucl. Med.     Publication Date:  2011 Apr 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2011-03-28     Completed Date:  2011-05-31     Revised Date:  2013-05-08    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0217410     Medline TA:  J Nucl Med     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  560-71     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Nuclear Medicine, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. L.deGeus-Oei@nucmed.umcn.nl
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
3-Iodobenzylguanidine / diagnostic use
Annexin A5 / diagnostic use
Anthracyclines / adverse effects
Antibodies, Monoclonal / adverse effects,  diagnostic use
Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized
Antineoplastic Agents / adverse effects*,  therapeutic use
Fatty Acids / chemistry
Gated Blood-Pool Imaging
Heart / innervation,  radionuclide imaging
Heart Diseases / chemically induced*,  diagnosis,  radionuclide imaging*
Humans
Neoplasms / complications*,  drug therapy
Organometallic Compounds / diagnostic use
Radiopharmaceuticals / diagnostic use
Sympathetic Nervous System / radionuclide imaging
Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Annexin A5; 0/Anthracyclines; 0/Antibodies, Monoclonal; 0/Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized; 0/Antineoplastic Agents; 0/Fatty Acids; 0/Organometallic Compounds; 0/Radiopharmaceuticals; 138660-99-8/imciromab pentetate; 77679-27-7/3-Iodobenzylguanidine; P188ANX8CK/trastuzumab

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