A cardiovascular risk model validated in Japan applied to an Italian cohort: Procedere con prudenza
(Source: Journal of Nuclear Cardiology)
Source: Journal of Nuclear Cardiology - March 22, 2023 Category: Nuclear Medicine Source Type: research
Visualization of fibroblast activation using 68Ga-FAPI PET/CT after pulmonary vein isolation with pulsed field compared with cryoballoon ablation
ConclusionTissue response with respect to fibroblast activation seems to be less pronounced in PFA compared to established thermal ablation systems. This functional assessment might contribute to a better understanding of lesion formation in thermal and PFA ablation potentially contributing to better safety outcomes. (Source: Journal of Nuclear Cardiology)
Source: Journal of Nuclear Cardiology - March 21, 2023 Category: Nuclear Medicine Source Type: research
Extensive cardiac FDG uptake in a patient with AL amyloidosis
We present case of a 44-year-old patient with typical angina, persistently elevated troponin and normal epicardial coronary arteries. He was initially treated for myocarditis due to chest pain with troponin rise. However, CMR finding of subendocardial enhancement, increased native T1 values as well as extensive diffuse FDG uptake on PET-CT also suggested inflammatory cardiac conditions. Rapid decline in LV function and clinical deterioration led to further investigations including serum free light chains and bone marrow biopsy which confirmed systemic AL amyloidosis. Although the pathophysiology of unusual FDG PET-CT findi...
Source: Journal of Nuclear Cardiology - March 17, 2023 Category: Nuclear Medicine Source Type: research
Cardiovascular disease in the literature: A selection of recent original research papers
(Source: Journal of Nuclear Cardiology)
Source: Journal of Nuclear Cardiology - March 17, 2023 Category: Nuclear Medicine Source Type: research
Correction to: A retrospective evaluation of Bayesian-penalized likelihood reconstruction for [15O]H2O myocardial perfusion imaging
(Source: Journal of Nuclear Cardiology)
Source: Journal of Nuclear Cardiology - March 17, 2023 Category: Nuclear Medicine Source Type: research
Cardiovascular disease in the literature: A selection of recent original research papers
(Source: Journal of Nuclear Cardiology)
Source: Journal of Nuclear Cardiology - March 17, 2023 Category: Nuclear Medicine Source Type: research
Extensive cardiac FDG uptake in a patient with AL amyloidosis
We present case of a 44-year-old patient with typical angina, persistently elevated troponin and normal epicardial coronary arteries. He was initially treated for myocarditis due to chest pain with troponin rise. However, CMR finding of subendocardial enhancement, increased native T1 values as well as extensive diffuse FDG uptake on PET-CT also suggested inflammatory cardiac conditions. Rapid decline in LV function and clinical deterioration led to further investigations including serum free light chains and bone marrow biopsy which confirmed systemic AL amyloidosis. Although the pathophysiology of unusual FDG PET-CT findi...
Source: Journal of Nuclear Cardiology - March 17, 2023 Category: Nuclear Medicine Source Type: research
Correction to: A retrospective evaluation of Bayesian-penalized likelihood reconstruction for [15O]H2O myocardial perfusion imaging
(Source: Journal of Nuclear Cardiology)
Source: Journal of Nuclear Cardiology - March 17, 2023 Category: Nuclear Medicine Source Type: research
Quantitative flow ratio derived pullback pressure gradient and CZT-SPECT measured longitudinal flow gradient for hemodynamically significant coronary artery disease
ConclusionQFR-PPG significantly correlated with longitudinal MBF gradient and â–³longitudinal MBF gradient when used for physiological coronary diffuseness assessment. All three parameters had high accuracy in predicting RFR or QFR. Adding physiological diffuseness assessment increased accuracy for predicting myocardial ischemia. (Source: Journal of Nuclear Cardiology)
Source: Journal of Nuclear Cardiology - March 16, 2023 Category: Nuclear Medicine Source Type: research
Comparison of 2D-QCA, 3D-QCA and coronary angiography derived FFR in predicting myocardial ischemia assessed by CZT-SPECT MPI
ConclusionAngio-FFR had a high accuracy in predicting myocardial ischemia assessed by CZT-SPECT, which is similar as 3D-QCA but significantly higher than 2D-QCA. While in intermediate lesions, angio-FFR is better than 3D-QCA and 2D-QCA in assessing myocardial ischemia. (Source: Journal of Nuclear Cardiology)
Source: Journal of Nuclear Cardiology - March 16, 2023 Category: Nuclear Medicine Source Type: research
The fat and the flow: multiparametric imaging assessment of pericoronary adipose tissue and myocardial blood flow
(Source: Journal of Nuclear Cardiology)
Source: Journal of Nuclear Cardiology - March 16, 2023 Category: Nuclear Medicine Source Type: research
Quantitative flow ratio derived pullback pressure gradient and CZT-SPECT measured longitudinal flow gradient for hemodynamically significant coronary artery disease
ConclusionQFR-PPG significantly correlated with longitudinal MBF gradient and â–³longitudinal MBF gradient when used for physiological coronary diffuseness assessment. All three parameters had high accuracy in predicting RFR or QFR. Adding physiological diffuseness assessment increased accuracy for predicting myocardial ischemia. (Source: Journal of Nuclear Cardiology)
Source: Journal of Nuclear Cardiology - March 16, 2023 Category: Nuclear Medicine Source Type: research
