Comparative Prognostic and Diagnostic Value of Myocardial Blood Flow and Myocardial Flow Reserve After Cardiac Transplantation
Conclusion: Quantitative PET analysis, and particularly MFR, has diagnostic and prognostic utility after heart transplantation. Preserved MFR identifies low-risk patients, whereas the presence of multiple abnormal parameters identifies high-risk patients.
Source: Journal of Nuclear Medicine - Category: Nuclear Medicine Authors: Miller, R. J. H., Manabe, O., Tamarappoo, B., Hayes, S., Friedman, J. D., Slomka, P. J., Patel, J., Kobashigawa, J. A., Berman, D. S. Tags: Clinical Source Type: research
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