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Technetium (99mTc) sestamibi (trade name Cardiolite) is a pharmaceutical agent used in nuclear medicine imaging. The drug is a coordination complex consisting of the radioisotope technetium-99m bound to six (sesta=6) methoxyisobutylisonitrile (MIBI) ligands. The anion is not defined. The generic drug became available late September 2008. A scan of a patient using MIBI is commonly known as a MIBI scan.Cardiolite is mainly used to image the myocardium (heart muscle).

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ATC prefix
V09
ATC suffix
GA01
CAS number
109581-73-9
IUPAC name
Hexakis(2-methoxy-2-methylpropylisonitrile), technetium (99mTc)
PubChem
5384

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