Technetium Tc 99m Pyrophosphate

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A radionuclide imaging agent used primarily in scintigraphy or tomography of the heart to evaluate the extent of the necrotic myocardial process. It has also been used in noninvasive tests for the distribution of organ involvement in different types of amyloidosis and for the evaluation of muscle necrosis in the extremities.

Descriptor ID

D016698

MeSH Number(s)

D01.695.625.675.650.775.150.900

D01.925.925

Concept/Terms

Technetium Tc 99m Pyrophosphate

Technetium Tc 99m Pyrophosphate, Tc(4+) Salt (1:1)

Technetium Tc 99m Pyrophosphate, Tc(3+) Salt (3:4)

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Chemicals and Drugs [D]
Inorganic Chemicals [D01]
Phosphorus Compounds [D01.695]
Phosphorus Acids [D01.695.625]
Phosphoric Acids [D01.695.625.675]
Phosphates [D01.695.625.675.650]
Polyphosphates [D01.695.625.675.650.775]
Diphosphates [D01.695.625.675.650.775.150]
Technetium Tc 99m Pyrophosphate [D01.695.625.675.650.775.150.900]
Technetium Compounds [D01.925]
Technetium Tc 99m Pyrophosphate [D01.925.925]

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2004	1	0	1
2016	0	1	1
2017	1	1	2
2018	0	3	3
2020	2	2	4
2022	0	4	4

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Extra-cardiac uptake on technetium-99m pyrophosphate (Tc-99m PYP) scan: not just a matter of the heart. J Nucl Cardiol. 2023 Dec; 30(6):2540-2543.

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Optimal Echocardiographic Parameters to Improve the Diagnostic Yield of Tc-99m-Bone Avid Tracer Cardiac Scintigraphy for Transthyretin Cardiac Amyloidosis. Circ Cardiovasc Imaging. 2022 11; 15(11):e014645.

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A Simple Score to Identify Increased Risk of Transthyretin Amyloid Cardiomyopathy in Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction. JAMA Cardiol. 2022 10 01; 7(10):1036-1044.

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Light Chain Testing Abnormalities Among Patients With Transthyretin Amyloid Cardiomyopathy Referred for Technetium-99m Pyrophosphate Imaging. Am J Cardiol. 2022 10 15; 181:105-112.

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Radiopharmaceutical supply disruptions and the use of 99mTc-hydroxymethylene diphosphonate as an alternative to 99mTc-pyrophosphate for the diagnosis of transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis: An ASNC Information Statement. J Nucl Cardiol. 2022 Oct; 29(5):2748-2760.

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Comparison of 18F-sodium fluoride positron emission tomography imaging and 99mTc-pyrophosphate in cardiac amyloidosis. J Nucl Cardiol. 2022 06; 29(3):1132-1140.

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Inter-observer reproducibility and intra-observer repeatability in 99mTc-pyrophosphate scan interpretation for diagnosis of transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis. J Nucl Cardiol. 2022 04; 29(2):440-446.

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Comparison of planar with tomographic pyrophosphate scintigraphy for transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis: Perils and pitfalls. J Nucl Cardiol. 2021 02; 28(1):104-111.

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Absolute Quantitation of Cardiac 99mTc-Pyrophosphate Using Cadmium-Zinc-Telluride-Based SPECT/CT. J Nucl Med. 2021 05 10; 62(5):716-722.

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Tc-99m-pyrophosphate scintigraphy for the diagnosis of ATTR cardiac amyloidosis: Comparison of quantitative and semi-quantitative approaches. J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 10; 27(5):1808-1815.

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