Re: question concerning stress tests

[John Jacobus <crispy_bird@YAHOO.COM>]

Cariolite is the commercial name for T-99m labeled

sestamibi, which also goes by the name Miraluma for

breast tumor imaging. 

http://www.miraluma.com/cross_site/pi/MIRA%20US%20PI-%20513158-1201.pdf

Yes, the drug has many uses due to the pharmacological

reactions in the body.



Tl-201 is thallous chloride.

http://www.nuclearonline.org/PI/Mallinckrodt%20Thallium.pdf









--- Jaro <jaro-10kbq@sympatico.ca> wrote:



> A question concerning stress tests from another

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> <snip>

> It did remind me of an incident my wife reported

> following a bus trip to the

> US with a group of seniors about a year ago. The

> lead bus she was on went

> through the border inspection without delay.  The

> second one was pulled over

> and all the passengers were taken inside.

> 

> Apparently radiation had been detected from the bus.

> The passengers were

> then screened. Allegedly the border personnel

> advised one he had had been

> through a “Cardiolite” stress test. It had been done

> 4 or 5 days earlier.

> The passengers were very impressed with this

> apparently routine detective

> work.

> 

> My wife has had both Thallium and Cardiolite stress

> tests. She recalls the

> procedure being slightly different.  A check on the

> Internet indicates

> Technetium-99m is the “nuclear agent” in Cardiolite.

> It has a half life of

> only 6 hours. Thallium 201 with a half life of about

> 3 days is used for

> thallium stress tests.

> 

> It seems to me there would be little Technetium-99m

> left to detect after 4

> days. Maybe lay  people use the “Cardiolite” name

> loosely to describe both

> types of tests? However, I’m just a mechanical

> engineer. Perhaps a nuclear

> expert could judge the veracity of my wife’s travel

> story and comment on the

> ability of border patrols to detect nuclear

> materials?

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