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Technetium Tc 99m Pyrophosphate MeSH Descriptor Data 2025


MeSH Heading
Technetium Tc 99m Pyrophosphate
Tree Number(s)
D01.029.260.700.675.374.775.150.900
D01.695.625.675.650.775.150.900
D01.925.925
Unique ID
D016698
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D016698
Annotation
for routine use as label, use no qualifiers
Scope Note
A radionuclide imaging agent used primarily in scintigraphy or tomography of the heart to evaluate the extent of the necrotic myocardial process. It has also been used in noninvasive tests for the distribution of organ involvement in different types of amyloidosis and for the evaluation of muscle necrosis in the extremities.
Entry Version
TC PYRO
Entry Term(s)
99mTc-Pyrophosphate
Diphosphoric Acid, Technetium Salt
Tc 99m-Pyrophosphate
Tc-PYP
Technetium Tc 99m Pyrophosphate, Tc(3+) Salt (3:4)
Technetium Tc 99m Pyrophosphate, Tc(4+) Salt (1:1)
Pharm Action
Radiopharmaceuticals
Related Numbers
69271-93-8
69271-94-9
Previous Indexing
Pyrophosphates (1966-1991)
Technetium (1966-1991)
Public MeSH Note
92; TECHNETIUM TC 99M PYROPHOSPHATE was indexed under TECHNETIUM 1978-91
Online Note
use TECHNETIUM TC 99M PYROPHOSPHATE (NM) to search TECHNETIUM TC 99M PYROPHOSPHATE 1978-91
History Note
92; was TECHNETIUM TC 99M PYROPHOSPHATE (NM) 1978-91
Date Established
1992/01/01
Date of Entry
1991/02/11
Revision Date
2015/06/05
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