Case Summary

This case illustrates how the differences in tracer extraction fraction can make a defect during PET MPI look more or less severe even when the underlying blood flow is unchanged.

 

Resource Type

Cases

Clinical Topic

Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy, Cardiac PET, Myocardial Blood Flow (MBF), Myocardial Perfusion Imaging (MPI), Radiotracers

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