Ternary ligand complexes useful as radiopharmaceuticals

摘要

This invention relates to novel radiopharmaceuticals comprised of highly functionalized pyridine ligated technetium-99m labeled HYNIC-biomolecules that selectively localize at sites of disease and thus allow an image to be obtained of the loci using gamma scintigraphy. The invention also provides methods of use of the radiopharmaceuticals as imaging agents for the diagnosis of cardiovascular disorders such as thromboembolic disease or atherosclerosis, infectious disease and cancer.