Statin therapy and cardiac sympathetic activity in patients with heart failure: a 123iodine-metaiodobenzylguanidine myocardial scintigraphy study

Int J Cardiol. 2014 Oct 20;176(3):1181-3. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.07.243. Epub 2014 Aug 2.
No abstract available

Keywords: HMG-COA inhibitors; Heart failure; Nuclear imaging.

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • 3-Iodobenzylguanidine*
  • Female
  • Heart / innervation*
  • Heart Failure / diagnostic imaging
  • Heart Failure / drug therapy*
  • Heart Failure / physiopathology
  • Humans
  • Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors / therapeutic use*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Myocardial Perfusion Imaging / methods*
  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Sympathetic Nervous System / drug effects
  • Sympathetic Nervous System / physiopathology*

Substances

  • Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors
  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • 3-Iodobenzylguanidine