Journal article: Wu et al., "11C-metomidate PET CT versus Adrenal Vein Sampling for diagnosing surgically curable primary aldosteronism: prospective test valida

Journal article: Wu et al., "11C-metomidate PET CT versus Adrenal Vein Sampling for diagnosing surgically curable primary aldosteronism: prospective test validation, and impact of somatic genotype and ethnicity on outcomes" https://assets.researchsquare.com/files/rs-1179128/v1_covered.pdf?c=1640793911 https://assets.researchsquare.com/files/rs-1179128/v1_covere... Metomidate is a molecule (C_13 H_14 N_2 O_2) that naturally collects in the adrenal glands, and 11C-metomidate is a version where some of the carbon atoms are carbon-11, a radioactive version that will show up on PET-CT scans. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metomidate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metomidate For reference, a PET-CT scan costs $1k-$10k in the US. Not sure how much the radioactive tracer adds.