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ArticleEuropean journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging2013

Reduced cardiac 123I-metaiodobenzylguanidine uptake in patients with spinocerebellar ataxia type 2: a comparative study with Parkinson's disease.

Anna De Rosa, Sabina Pappatà, Teresa Pellegrino, Maria Fulvia De Leva, Gennaro Maddaluno, Giovanni Fiumara, Raffaella Carotenuto, Mario Petretta, Alessandro Filla, Giuseppe De Michele and 1 more

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Article in European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Autonomic disorders and myocardial 123I-metaiodobenzylguanidine scintigraphy in Huntington's disease.Journal of nuclear cardiology : official publication of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology · 2022
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  3. The Multiple Faces of Spinocerebellar Ataxia type 2.Annals of clinical and translational neurology · 2017
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Anna De RosaDepartment of Neurosciences and Reproductive and Odontostomatologic Sciences, University Federico II, Naples, Italy.
Sabina Pappatà
Teresa Pellegrino
Maria Fulvia De Leva
Gennaro Maddaluno
Giovanni Fiumara
Raffaella Carotenuto
Mario Petretta
Alessandro Filla
Giuseppe De Michele
Alberto Cuocolo
Federico II University Hospital · ITInstitute of Biostructure and Bioimaging · ITSDN Istituto di Ricerca Diagnostica e Nucleare · IT

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeSpinocerebellar ataxia type 2 (SCA2) is an autosomal dominant neurodegenerative disorder characterized by cerebellar ataxia, supranuclear ophthalmoplegia, and peripheral neuropathy. Autonomic nervous system dysfunction is often present. This study evaluated the cardiac sympathetic function in patients with SCA2 using (123)I-metaiodobenzylguanidine (MIBG) in comparison with patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) and control subjects.

methodsNine patients with SCA2, nine patients with PD, and nine control subjects underwent (123)I-MIBG imaging studies from which early and late heart-to-mediastinum (H/M) ratios and myocardial washout rates were calculated.

resultsEarly (F = 12.3, p < 0.0001) and late (F = 16.8, p < 0.0001) H/M ratios were significantly different among groups. In controls, early and late H/M ratios (2.2 ± 0.12 and 2.1 ± 0.20) were significantly higher than in patients with SCA2 (1.9 ± 0.23 and 1.8 ± 0.20, both p < 0.05) and with patients with PD (1.7 ± 0.29 and 1.4 ± 0.35, both p < 0.001). There was also a significant difference in washout rates among groups (F = 11.7, p < 0.0001). In controls the washout rate (19.9 ± 9.6%) was significantly lower (p < 0.005) than in patients with PD (51.0 ± 23.7%), but not different from that in SCA2 patients (19.5 ± 9.4%). In SCA2 patients, in a multivariable linear regression analysis only the Scale for the Assessment and Rating of Ataxia score was independently associated with early H/M ratio (β = -0.12, p < 0.05).

conclusion(123)I-MIBG myocardial scintigraphy demonstrated an impairment of cardiac sympathetic function in patients with SCA2, which was less marked than in PD patients. These results suggest that (123)I-MIBG cardiac imaging could become a useful tool for analysing the pathophysiology of SCA2.

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3-IodobenzylguanidineAdultBiological TransportFemaleHeartHumansMaleMiddle AgedMyocardiumParkinson DiseaseRadionuclide ImagingSpinocerebellar AtaxiasSympathetic Nervous SystemYoung Adult3-Iodobenzylguanidine

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PMID23929432
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