Polymorphism of SLC6A2 gene does not influence outcome of myocardial ¹²³I-mIBG scintigraphy in patients with chronic heart failure.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

The NET, encoded by SLC6A2, is responsible for presynaptic NE-reuptake. ¹²³I-mIBG is clinically used to evaluate cardiac sympathetic function. However, it is unknown if polymorphism of SLC6A2 influences cardiac sympathetic activity as assessed with ¹²³I-mIBG. Therefore we studied the influence of SLC6A2 SNPs on myocardial ¹²³I-mIBG parameters in CHF.

Materials and methods

Forty-nine adults with stable CHF (age 66.5 ± 8.1 years, LVEF 22.3 ± 6.4) were enrolled. Fifteen minutes (early) and 4 hours (late) after administration of ¹²³I-mIBG planar images were acquired. The H/M ratio was calculated from the manually drawn ROI over the left ventricle and a fixed mediastinal ROI. Fourteen exons of the SLC6A2 gene were analyzed from whol

SUBMITTER: Verschure DO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5966480 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature