Accurate early diagnosis of acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is a challenging clinical problem. Imaging myocardial fatty acid metabolism with β-methyl-p-[123I]-iodophenyl-pentadecanoic acid single-photon emission computed tomography was shown to improve the accuracy of ACS diagnosis in patients presenting with chest pain and might be a valuable technique in the emergency setting.
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Duivenvoorden, R., Fayad, Z. Measuring myocardial fatty acid metabolism with BMIPP SPECT. Nat Rev Cardiol 7, 672–673 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrcardio.2010.163
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