Abstract:Objective:To investigate the distribution pattern of 99mTc-AcTnIMA in rats with experimental acute myocardial injury, and to determine the possibility of 99mTc-AcTnIMA to be a tracer of myocardial radioimmunoimaging for the detection of myocardial injury. Methods:In the experimental group,20 rats with acute myocardial lesion were injected with 0.2mci 99mTc-AcTnIMA, and killed 2, 4, 6 h and 8 h after injection respectively(5 rats). Blood, liver, spleen, kidney, healthy muscle, lung and heart muscle of each rat were taken and the injected dosage(ID%/g) and the ratio of ID%/g for heart to lung(HLR) was calculated. In the pharmic control group,20 rats with acute myocardial lesion were injected with 0.2mci 99mTc-N-IgG and were killed in the same way as the experimental group. Lungs and hearts were taken and ID%/g and HLR of each rat was calculated. In the blank control, 20 healthy rats were injected with 0.2mci 99mTc-AcTnIMA and the subsequent procedures were same as the pharmic group. Results:Specific uptake of 99mTc-AcTnIMA by acute compromised cardiac muscles was observed with its peak 4 h after injection. Conclusion:99mTc-AcTnIMA could be a useful tracer of myocardial radioimmunoimaging to diagnose acute myocardial injury.