科學家已經證實單光子發射檢查(SPECT)能夠被用于評估冠狀動脈心臟病或者缺血性心臟病患者使用干細胞治療的效果。

使用心電圖引導的心肌SPECT檢查方法，漢城國家大學的科學家證實，干細胞治療能夠增加血流流向受損心肌，改善受損心臟的局部功能。漢城國家大學核醫學科教授Dong Soo Lee醫生指出：“我們的研究結果指出：干細胞能夠改善心臟病發作導致的損傷，促進在受損心肌形成新的血管。”

在2005年6月加拿大多倫多舉行的核醫學學會第52屆年會上，研究人員報道了他們的研究結果。

Evaluating Stem Cell Therapy in Heart Patients
 
Scientists have confirmed that single photon emission (SPECT) can be utilized to assess the effectiveness of stem cell therapy for coronary or ischemic heart disease.

Utilizing echocardiography- (ECG-)-gated myocardial SPECT, scientists from Seoul National University (South Korea) determined that stem cell therapy improved the regional function of the injured heart more than blood flow to the damaged heart muscle. “Our findings indicate that stem cells helped improve the damage caused by heart attack beyond the formation of new vessels into the damaged myocardium,” stated Dr. Dong Soo Lee, professor in the department of nuclear medicine at Seoul National University.

The researchers presented their findings at the Society of Nuclear Medicine’s 52nd annual meeting held in June 2005 in Toronto (Canada).