Technetium-99m pyrophosphate (PYP)
Approved Indication |
Dose |
Bone imaging agent used to demonstrate areas of altered osteogenesis |
5 - 15 mCi |
Cardiac imaging agent used as an adjunct in the diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction |
10 -15 mCi |
Blood pool imaging agent which may be used for gated blood pool imaging and for the detection of sites of gastrointestinal bleeding |
Administer not less than 1/3 nor more than the total contents of 1 vial (reconstituted with NaCl) prior to the IV administration of 10 - 20 mCi Tc-99m sodium pertechnetate |
Brand Name: TechneScan™PYP™
Manufacturer: Curium
Package Insert
How Supplied: 5 vial kit
Storage: Kits must be refrigerated until use
NDC #: 69945-094-20
Manufacturer: Curium
Package Insert
How Supplied: 5 vial kit
Storage: Kits must be refrigerated until use
NDC #: 69945-094-20
Manufacturer: Sun Radiopharma
Package Insert
How Supplied:
Package Insert
How Supplied:
- 5 vial kit (NDC: 45567-0060-1)
- 30 vial kit (NDC: 45567-0060-2)
Clinical Guidelines:
*American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (ASNC) guidance on how to use Tc-99m HDP in cardiac amyloidosis imaging during shortages of PYP (July 2022)
- ASNC Practice Points: Tc-99m PYP Imaging for Transthyretin Cardiac Amyloidosis (2021)
- ASNC Guidelines: Equilibrium Radionuclide Angiocardiography (2009)
- ACR-SNMMI-SPR Practice Guideline for the Performance of Cardiac Scintigraphy (2009)
- SNMMI Procedure Standard for Gated Equilibrium Radionuclide Ventriculography 3.0 (2002)
*American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (ASNC) guidance on how to use Tc-99m HDP in cardiac amyloidosis imaging during shortages of PYP (July 2022)