Robert J Gropler
Robert J Gropler
Cardiovascular PET provides exquisite measurements of key aspects of the cardiovascular system and as a consequence it plays central role in cardiovascular investigation. Moreover, PET is now playing an ever increasing role in the managemen...
Jason P Holland,Riccardo Ferdani,Carolyn J Anderson et al.
Jason P Holland et al.
The positron emitting radionuclide (64)Cu has a radioactive half-life of 12.7 hours. The decay characteristics of (64)Cu allow for PET images that are comparable in quality to those obtained using (18)F. Given the longer radioactive half-li...
Cardiac PET Imaging [0.03%]
心脏PET显像
Wengen Chen,Amol M Takalkar
Wengen Chen
Benoit Desjardins
Benoit Desjardins
This article reviews the increasing role of cardiac MR imaging to quantitatively assess myocardial scar in the context of clinical cardiac electrophysiology. After a quick overview of the biologic aspects of myocardial scar, two imaging tec...
Saurabh Jha,Ari Goldberg,Mark Stellingworth
Saurabh Jha
Cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging plays an important role in the distinction between ischemic and nonischemic cardiomyopathy. It does so principally by its excellent soft-tissue contrast and its ability to detect scar tissue. The dis...
Abigail May Khan,Harold Litt,Victor Ferrari et al.
Abigail May Khan et al.
Coronary artery disease (CAD) is the leading cause of death in the adult population in the United States. Imaging is an essential component of the management of CAD, providing both diagnostic and prognostic information. This review provides...
Minh Lu,Charles S White
Minh Lu
Recent advances in multidetector computed tomography (CT), with submillimeter spatial resolution, improved temporal resolution, and electrocardiographic gating, make it possible to image and accurately characterize the coronary arteries. Ca...
Relative Merits of Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography and PET Perfusion Imaging: A Cardiologist's View [0.03%]
从心脏病学家的角度看单光子发射计算机断层扫描和正电子发射断层扫描灌注成像的相对优势
Abdulrahman Abdulbaki,Kalgi Modi,Amol M Takalkar
Abdulrahman Abdulbaki
Evidence from the medical literature supports the use of Cardiac positron emission tomography (PET) scanning to assess myocardial viability in patients with severe Left ventricular dysfunction who are being considered for revascularization....
Role of Global Disease Assessment by Combined PET-CT-MR Imaging in Examining Cardiovascular Disease [0.03%]
全球结合正电子发射断层扫描-X射线计算机断层扫描-磁共振成像的心血管疾病评估作用探究
Babak Saboury,Pouya Ziai,Abass Alavi
Babak Saboury
Atherosclerosis is considered a chronic inflammatory disease, and thereafter the degree of this pathologic process is considered to be a major determinant in plaque stability and in forecasting future events. Over the past decade, (18)F-flu...
Can Vascular Wall (18)F-FDG Uptake on PET Imaging Serve as a Biomarker of Vulnerable Atherosclerotic Plaque? [0.03%]
血管壁氟脱氧葡萄糖摄取用于识别易损斑块的生物标志物价值几何？
Wengen Chen
Wengen Chen
Vulnerable atherosclerotic plaques, which are highly inflammatory but not flow limiting, account for most cardiovascular events. Current cardiovascular imaging modalities are based on anatomic detection of artery luminal narrowing and are u...