Age and gender differences in normal myocardial adrenergic neuronal function evaluated by iodine-123-MIBG imaging.

Shinsaku Tsuchimochi, Nagara Tamaki, Eiji Tadamura, Masahide Kawamoto, Toru Fujita, Yuki Yonekura, J Konishi

PubMed · 1995 · 128 citations · 0 references

Abstract

Inferior wall uptake of MIBG decreased with age in individuals without cardiac diseases, especially men. Such age- and gender-related heterogeneity should be considered in the interpretation of MIBG images.