Other Myocardial Tracers

Rb-82	Ultra short half life	Myocardial perfusion PET scanning
O-15 Water	Free diffusible, uptake directly proportional to blood flow	Best tracer for myocardial blood flow detection PET Scanning
N-13 ammonia		Myocardial perfusion PET Scanning
C-11 acetate	Oxidative substrate	Can be used for both perfusion and metabolism PET Scanning
C-11 palmitate	Fatty acid substrate	Metabolism PET Scanning
FDG	Glucose metabolism	Metabolism PET Scanning
BMIPP (I-123)	Fatty acid	Myocardial ischemic memory imaging (normal myocardium metabolizes fatty acids, during ischemia switches to glucose; if ischemia occurred dark spots on BMIPP imaging, used for detection of ischemia that occurred hours prior. Also, provides viability assessment)
MIBG	Similar to norepinephrine	Sympathetic neuronal imaging for heart failure