Cardiac Inflammation

Gallium-68-DOTATOC binds primarily with high affinity to somatostatin subtype 2 (SSTR2) receptors and these somatostatin receptors are also overexpressed on inflammation cells when activated. The hypothesis is that the GATED mode on a Gallium-68-DOTATOC cardiac recording would be able to highlight abnormalities that could be correlated with the age of the patients and their cardiovascular risk factors.