Cardiac PET
Case summary: 64-year-old female with history of CRT-D implantation admitted with acute decompensated heart failure Found to have S. lugdunensis bacteremia Multifocal 18F-FDG uptake on PET/CT was consistent with pacemaker…
Case summary: 45-year-old male with no significant past medical history presented with exertional dyspnea and was found to have 2:1 AV block on exercise stress testing. CMR showed diffuse LGE…
Ready for PET: Clinical Value of Cardiac PET Monograph
Case summary: This case illustrates the first clinical use of F-18 flurpiridaz PET scan for myocardial perfusion imaging at Mayo Clinic in Rochester.
Case summary: This case series illustrates the value of myocardial blood flow with rubidium-82 PET MPI in symptomatic patients with apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and known or suspected coronary artery disease.…
Case summary: This case highlights the utility of PET myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) in evaluating myocardial ischemia in a 27-year-old female after surgical repair of a rare congenital coronary anomaly,…
