%0 Journal Article %T Modelo de estudio mediante microPET para la evaluaci¨®n del metabolismo glucol¨ªtico en el miocardio de rata con 18F-FDG: Experiencia inicial en M¨¦xico %A Alex¨¢nderson Rosas %A Erick %A Ortega L¨®pez %A Nayelli %A Ojeda Flores %A Rafael %A Mendoza V¨¢zquez %A Guillermo %A Adame Ocampo %A Gloria %A Meave Gonz¨¢lez %A Aloha %A Salda£¿a Dom¨ªnguez %A Yolanda %A Lamothe Molina %A Pedro A %A Rodr¨ªguez Valero %A M¨®nica %A Garc¨ªa Rojas Castillo %A Leonardo %A Narro Robles %A Jos¨¦ %J Archivos de cardiolog¨ªa de M¨¦xico %D 2008 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %X purpouse: to standarize an acquisition protocol for the study of myocardial metabolism in adult rats. material and methods: three wistar adult male rats were studied in three different protocols: no fasting group, fasting group over a period of 12 hr before the study with only water provided ad libitum, and fasting group by the same time receiving an oral 50% glucose solution. thirty-minute acquisition images were obtained with a micro-pet, thirty and sixty minutes after the administration of 370 - 555 mbq 18f-fdg. comparative and visual analysis were performed by two experts in the field. results: eigtheen studies were analyzed, six per group. the best images were those of the fist group, especially those taken at 60 minutes after the 18f-fdg administration. conclusion: it is possible to establish the non-fasting protocol for the assessment of myocardial metabolism to be used in the future for the myocardial viability evaluation in ischemic cardiopathy. %K 18f-fdg %K micropet %K myocardial viability. %U http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1405-99402008000100002&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en