Quantitative evaluation of 123I-MIBG imaging in patients with myocarditis: impairment of cardiac neuronal function revisited
<sup>123</sup>I-MIBG visualizes impairment of cardiac neuronal function in patients with acute myocarditis and is associated with reduced ejection fraction and elevated NT-proBNP. We could establish an absolute quantification approach that could offer novel diagnostic opportunities for disease assessment and risk stratification, which will be focused on further studies.
Authors
- Walter Jentzen
- Zohreh Varasteh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5485-3186)
- Stephan Settelmeier
- Pedro Fragoso Costa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8926-4541)
- Ken Herrmann
- Christoph Rischpler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5545-8487)
- David Kersting (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8451-1830)
- Stephan Himmen
- Kim M. Pabst (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9234-0795)
- Lukas Kessler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1751-8837)
- Tienush Rassaf (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8001-0265)
- Hubertus Hautzel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3581-5264)
- Tuğçe Telli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9939-282X)
- Francesco Barbato (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6364-3589)
Institutions
- Essen University Hospital (DE)
- Klinikum Stuttgart (DE)
- West German Heart and Vascular Center Essen (DE)
- University of Duisburg-Essen (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Annals of Nuclear Medicine
- Published
- 2025-10-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s12149-025-02120-w
- Primary Topic
- Viral Infections and Immunology Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00