Purpose: Ischemic stroke is a leading cause of disability worldwide. The volume of necrotic core in affected tissue plays a major role in selecting stroke patients for thrombolytic therapy or endovascular thrombectomy. In this study, we
Definitive diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction early in the process is often difficult. An imaging agent that localized quickly and specifically in areas of acute necrosis could provide this critical diagnostic information. To determine whether imaging with 99mTc-labeled D-glucaric acid (GLA)