In vivo quantitative mapping of human mitochondrial cardiac membrane potential: a feasibility study
Pelletier-Galarneau M, Petibon Y, Ma C, Han P, Kim S, Detmer F, Yokell D, Guehl N, Normandin M, El Fakhri G, Alpert N. In vivo quantitative mapping of human mitochondrial cardiac membrane potential: a feasibility study. European Journal Of Nuclear Medicine And Molecular Imaging 2020, 48: 414-420. PMID: 32719915, PMCID: PMC7839097, DOI: 10.1007/s00259-020-04878-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMembrane potentialBolus injectionHealthy subjectsHematocrit levelsSerial venous blood samplesT1 mapping imagesVenous blood samplesExtracellular space fractionMethodsThirteen healthy subjectsDynamic PET acquisitionCellular membrane potentialGadolinium injectionPrognostic informationVentricular arrhythmiasHeart failureMyocardial hypertrophyMitochondrial membrane potentialCardiac diseaseIn vitro assessmentTherapy monitoringBlood concentrationsPET acquisitionImaging protocolBlood samplesPlasma tracer concentration