Regional, Artery-Specific Thresholds of Quantitative Myocardial Perfusion by PET Associated with Reduced Myocardial Infarction and Death After Revascularization in Stable Coronary Artery Disease

Conclusion: CFC by PET provides objective, regional, artery-specific, size–severity physiologic quantification of CAD severity associated with high risk of DMS that is significantly reduced after revascularization within 90 d after PET, an association not seen for moderate to mild perfusion abnormalities or medical treatment alone.

Source: Journal of Nuclear Medicine - February 28, 2019 Category: Nuclear Medicine Authors: Gould, K. L., Johnson, N. P., Roby, A. E., Nguyen, T., Kirkeeide, R., Haynie, M., Lai, D., Zhu, H., Patel, M. B., Smalling, R., Arain, S., Balan, P., Nguyen, T., Estrera, A., Sdringola, S., Madjid, M., Nascimbene, A., Loyalka, P., Kar, B., Gregoric, I., S Tags: Clinical Source Type: research