Cases

PET Case: Role of PET/CT Myocardial Perfusion Imaging in Post-Surgical Evaluation and Management of ALCAPA

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,…

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PET Case: Identifying Epicardial Coronary Artery Disease in a Patient With Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation Using [15O]H2O PET

Case summary: This case highlights the ability of [15O]H2O PET to accurately detect discrete perfusion defects even in patients with relatively high global perfusion. 

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PET Case: Very High-Risk PET MPI

Case summary: This case illustrates the value of cardiac PET MPI for detecting high-risk multivessel CAD in a 69-year-old man with a high calcium score and burning chest discomfort. 

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PET Case: Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction in Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy

Case Summary We present a patient with hypertropic cardiomyopathy (HCM) presenting with suspected cardiac chest pain and discuss the potential role of perfusion PET in confirming coronary microvascular dysfunction (CMD).…

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PET Case: Dyspnea In A Patient With Super Obesity (Class V)

Case Summary This case illustrates the role of PET myocardial perfusion imaging in the management of a patient with very high BMI which would prove technically challenging for other cardiac…

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PET Case: Incremental value of Myocardial Blood Flow Reserve (MBFR) in Unmasking Multivessel Disease

Case Summary 66-year-old female with risk factors undergoing cardiac PET showed a small perfusion defect but with severe global reduction in stress myocardial blood flows and myocardial blood flow reserve…

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Sarcoid/Inflammation vs CAD That is the Question!

Case Summary: This case highlights the importance of clinician awareness regarding mimickers of cardiac sarcoidosis on PET/CT and the need for thorough investigation for alternative etiologies to prevent incorrect diagnoses.…

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PET Case: Identifying High-Risk Coronary Artery Disease Using Myocardial Perfusion and Blood Flow

Case Summary This case highlights multiple high-risk features that can be seen on PET MPI and myocardial blood flow reserve (MBFR), which are associated with severe and often multi-vessel, coronary…

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18F-Flurpiridaz PET Myocardial Perfusion Imaging in Comparison to Tc-99m SPECT

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Don’t Forget to Look Outside the Box

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