Low downstream event rate in patients without clinical cardiac sarcoidosis referred for cardiac FDG-PET imaging
Conclusion: In patients not meeting clinical criteria for CS and without extra-cardiac sarcoidosis, the overall event rate was similar between patients with and without abnormal FDG uptake. The overall low event rate suggests a potential lack of clinical utility in obtaining FDG PET imaging for all patients with non-ischemic cardiomyopathy to evaluate for CS. Future investigations are needed to determine if FDG PET imaging may be better targeted to certain subgroups of patients with non-ischemic cardiomyopathy.
Source: Journal of Nuclear Medicine - Category: Nuclear Medicine Authors: Varghese, M., Miller, E. Tags: Cardiovascular Clinical Science Poster Session Source Type: research
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