Usefulness of combined FDG-PET/MR to diagnose active cardiac sarcoidosis.
Conclusions These preliminary results of our prospective study show the usefulness of combined FDG-PET/MR in the diagnosis of CS using TNRmax measurements. Further inclusions of patients are needed to validate an optimal threshold of TNRmax and verify the clinical utility of combined FDG-PET/MR. This series also confirms the ability of PET/MR imaging to evaluate extra-cardiac involvement of sarcoidosis and in assessing alternative myocardial pathologies.
Source: Journal of Nuclear Medicine - Category: Nuclear Medicine Authors: Abgral, R., Dweck, M., Robson, P., Trivieri, M., Karakatsanis, N., Sanz, J., Contreras, J., Fuster, V., Padilla, M., Kovacic, J., Fayad, Z. Tags: MTA II: Cardiovascular Clinical Science Posters Source Type: research
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