Cases
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,…
Read MoreCase summary: This case highlights the ability of [15O]H2O PET to accurately detect discrete perfusion defects even in patients with relatively high global perfusion.
Read MoreCase 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.
Read MoreCase 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).…
Read MoreCase 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…
Read MorePET 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…
Read MoreCase 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.…
Read MoreCase 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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