Clinical impact of correlative [123I]-FP-CIT brain imaging and neurological findings in suspect Parkinson's disease.

Purpose: Here we report our experience in a general hospital setting using [(123)I]-FP-CIT SPECT to diagnose patients with suspect Parkinson's disease (PD).

Materials And Methods: Thirty consecutive patients (19M, 11W, mean age: 61+/-13 years) were prospectively studied. Patients underwent MRI (27) at 1.

[Biohumoral markers and right ventricular dysfunction in acute pulmonary embolism: the answer to thrombolytic therapy].

Background: Recent data suggest that brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) and troponin I (TnII) are useful markers of right ventricular dysfunction (RVD) and initial myocardial injury in acute pulmonary embolism. The aim of this study was to evaluate biohumoral activation and right ventricular function in patients with acute pulmonary embolism diagnosed at pulmonary scintigraphy.

Methods: We observed 12 patients with massive pulmonary embolism (MPE), 8 with non-massive pulmonary embolism (NMPE) and RVD, 6 with NMPE without RVD.