Abstract
Myocardial thallium-201 (/sup 201/Tl) kinetics have not been precisely defined because reliable techniques to determine continuous activity in vivo have not been available. In this study, an implantable miniature cadmium telluride radiation detection device was inserted through the left ventricular apex, positioned against the endocardium, and used for continuous on-line monitoring of myocardial /sup 201/Tl activity for 260-810 minutes in 18 dogs. Blood was serially sampled and counted. Microsphere-determined myocardial blood flow was measured before administration of /sup 201/Tl and was not significantly different from that measured at the end of the experiment in 11 of 18 dogs. Thallium was administered intravenously. Myocardial and blood activity curves were analyzed using a nonlinear least-squares estimation of the decay constant lambda (min/sup -1/). The mean final blood lambda/sub 3/ was almost identical to the mean myocardial lambda. The data suggest that /sup 201/Tl washout after peak activity is reached in nonischemic myocardium is mono-exponential. The rate of /sup 201/Tl clearance from the myocardium is related to the rate of /sup 201/Tl clearance from the blood after i.v. administration of the tracer.
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