.Pharmacolibrary.Drugs.V_Various.V09G_CardiovascularSystem.V09GX04_Rubidium82rbChloride.Rubidium82rbChloride .Pharmacolibrary.Drugs.V_Various.V09G_CardiovascularSystem.V09GX04_Rubidium82rbChloride.Rubidium82rbChloride| name: | Rubidium82rbChloride |
| ATC code: | V09GX04 | route: | intravenous |
| n-compartments | 1 |
Rubidium (82Rb) chloride is a radiopharmaceutical agent used in positron emission tomography (PET) imaging, primarily for myocardial perfusion studies to evaluate coronary artery disease. It is not used as a therapeutic drug but as a diagnostic imaging agent. The drug is still approved and used today for myocardial perfusion imaging.
No published compartmental pharmacokinetic models or quantified human pharmacokinetic parameters found for intravenous 82Rb chloride in healthy adults or cardiac patients. Clinical use is as a rapidly-acting radiopharmaceutical with nearly instantaneous distribution.