Journal:
:asia oceania journal of nuclear medicine and biology
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masayoshi sarai department of cardiology, fujita health university school of medicine, japan
sadako motoyama department of cardiology, fujita health university school of medicine, japan
yasuchika kato department of cardiology, fujita health university school of medicine, japan
hideki kawai department of cardiology, fujita health university school of medicine, japan
hajime ito department of cardiology, fujita health university school of medicine, japan
kayoko takada department of cardiology, fujita health university school of medicine, japan
objective: we sought to determine the usefulness of the 99mtc-mibi (mibi) washout rate for the evaluation of steroid therapy in cardiac sarcoidosis (cs). methods: eleven cs patients underwent mibi myocardial spect both before and 6 months after initiating steroid therapy. the washout rate (wor) of mibi was calculated using early and delayed polar map images. the washout score (wos) of mibi was ...
