PET imaging may provide a novel biomarker and understanding of right ventricular dysfunction in patients with idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension

S Bokhari, A Raina, E Berman Rosenweig… - … Imaging, 2011 - Am Heart Assoc
… performed PET scanning in 16 patients with idiopathic PAH (age, 41±14 years, 82% women)
using 13 N-NH 3 for perfusion imaging and 18 F-fluorodeoxyglucose for metabolic imaging. …

18FDG PET Imaging can Quantify Increased Cellular Metabolism in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: A Proof-of-Principle Study

G Hagan, M Southwood, C Treacy… - Pulmonary …, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
positron emission tomography ( 18 FDG-PET) imaging to help … described in idiopathic
pulmonary arterial hypertension (IPAH)… be present in the lungs, large pulmonary arteries and right …

… emission tomography depicts heterogeneous proliferation pathology in idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension patient lung: a potential biomarker for pulmonary …

A Ashek, OA Spruijt, HJ Harms… - … Imaging, 2018 - Am Heart Assoc
… Dynamic 18 FLT positron emission tomography imaging can be used to report hyperproliferation
in pulmonary hypertension and merits further study to evaluate response to treatment in …

Prognostic role of PET/MRI hybrid imaging in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension

R Kazimierczyk, P Szumowski, SG Nekolla… - Heart, 2021 - heart.bmj.com
… This is the first study to our knowledge that integrates metabolic PET imaging and MRI-… the
right and left ventricles in idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension. Clin Nucl Med 2015;40:…

The prognostic value of 18F-FDG uptake ratio between the right and left ventricles in idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension

W Li, L Wang, CM Xiong, T Yang, Y Zhang… - Clinical Nuclear …, 2015 - journals.lww.com
… RV) under increased afterload in pulmonary arterial hypertension. FDG PET imaging has
potential to … of RV using FDG PET imaging in idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension (IPAH). …

… of 18F-FDG uptake by right ventricular myocardium in idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension and pulmonary arterial hypertension associated with congenital …

W Fang, L Zhao, C Xiong, X Ni, Z He… - Pulmonary …, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
positron emission tomography (SPECT) in 24 patients with idiopathic pulmonary arterial
hypertension (… PET imaging has advantages in this regard, thereby reducing partial volume effect…

Quantitative assessment of right ventricular glucose metabolism in idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension patients: a longitudinal study

L Wang, W Li, Y Yang, W Wu, Q Cai… - … Imaging, 2016 - academic.oup.com
… carefully drawn on PET images, which were co-registered with CT images. The myocardium
… from the ROI of LV blood pool on PET images. The rate of myocardium glucose utilization (…

… Uptake in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: Potential of Dynamic 18FDG Positron Emission Tomography With Kinetic Analysis as a Bridging Biomarker for Pulmonary Vascular …

L Zhao, A Ashek, L Wang, W Fang, S Dabral… - Circulation, 2013 - Am Heart Assoc
… week of PET imaging. Right atrial and right ventricular (RV), pulmonary arterial (PAP) and
pulmonary … of patients with idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension (IPAH) exhibited greater …

Lung 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography for Diagnosis and Monitoring of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

…, P Bache-Wiig, L Piao, J Paul, CT Chen… - … journal of respiratory …, 2012 - atsjournals.org
… -fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) uptake in the lungs of patients with idiopathic pulmonary arterial
… Second, we provide the first evidence that PET imaging of increased pulmonary FDG uptake …

Assessment of lung glucose uptake in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus pulmonary arterial hypertension: a quantitative FDG-PET imaging study

L Wang, C Xiong, M Li, X Zeng, Q Wang… - Annals of Nuclear …, 2020 - Springer
… In the present study, we examined the application of dynamic FDG PET imaging in a SLE-PAH
patient cohort. Firstly, we found that mean lung FDG uptake was increased in SLE-PAH …