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  • Title: Cardiac localization of 99mTc-(Sn)-pyrophosphate following irradiation of the chest.
    Author: Soin JS, Cox JD, Youker JE, Swartz HM.
    Journal: Radiology; 1977 Jul; 124(1):165-8. PubMed ID: 194274.
    Abstract:
    Of 70 consecutive cancer patients referred from radiotherapy for bone scans, 32% showed cardiac uptake of 99mTc-(Sn)-pyrophosphate; only 9% of a control group showed this uptake. Of those with prior left hemithorax irradiation, 60% showed cardiac uptake; only 12% of those with irradiation elsewhere showed this phenomenon (p less than .01). The patients who had no increased uptake tended to have shorter irradiation-to-scan time intervals (less than 10 months) than those who did show increased uptake (mean of 22 months).
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