Potential pitfall in parathyroid sestamibi imaging resulting from a cardiac pacemaker

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 74-75

  Granato, Michael P ^a   Rodriguez, Michael S ^a   Elshazly, Shehab M ^a   Barron, Bruce J ^a   Lamki, Lamk ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac Pacemaker Pitfall; Parathyroid Scan; Sestamibi Imaging

Indexed keywords

METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KIDNEY FAILURE; MEDIASTINUM; PARATHYROID GLAND; PARATHYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; PARATHYROID SCINTISCANNING; PARATHYROIDECTOMY;

ARTIFACTS; CHORISTOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; MEDIASTINUM; MIDDLE AGED; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PARATHYROID GLANDS; PARATHYROIDECTOMY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SESTAMIBI; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0035190377     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003072-200101000-00023     Document Type: Article

References (2)

1. Major venous thrombosis: A complication of transvenous pacemaker electrodes
2. Recurrent pulmonary emboli secondary to right atrial thrombus around a permanent pacing catheter: A case report and review of the literature