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Correlation between gallium-67 imaging and endomyocardial biopsy in children with severe dilated cardiomyopathy

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Abstract

Fourty-four patients (aged 10 months to 15 years) were assessed in a double-blind study to observe the correlation between myocardial uptake of 67-gallium and endomyocardial biopsy in the detection of moderate to severe myocardial inflammation. The sensitivity and specificity of gallium-67 imaging were 87 and 81%, respectively. Based on these findings, immunosuppressive therapy can be assigned to children with dilated cardiomyopathy and positive myocardial uptake, since moderate and severe myocardial inflammation may be detected by this non-invasive method.

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