… in PAH patients using dynamic FDG PET scan. However, the FDG uptake showed heterogeneity
between patients and also within the pulmonary parenchyma of each patient. The same …

… Although the present study included only patients with suspected cardiac sarcoidosis, we
hypothesize that our finding with 18 F-FDG PET imaging may have broader clinical utility in …

… that increased 18 FDG uptake in the large “conduit” pulmonary arteries, lung parenchyma …
pulmonary hypertension compared with controls. We also determined whether 18 FDG uptake …

… with onset of pulmonary hypertension (beginning between 1 and 2 … FDG uptake and PAAT
measurements (r 2 = 0.3, P < 0.001). … that PET imaging of increased pulmonary FDG uptake is …

… glucose uptake can be quantified as pulmonary [ 18 F]FDG uptake via PET imaging. …
investigate whether [ 18 F]FDG PET/CT imaging can elucidate these pathophysiologic mechanisms …

… dynamic 18 FDG PET imaging to measure glucose uptake and … of pulmonary hypertension.
We found that (1) mean lung 18 … In conclusion, dynamic 18 FDG PET imaging identifies a …

… Fluorine 18-FDG uptake is variable in patients with ischemic … that PET scanning with 13
N-NH 3 and 18 F-fluorodeoxyglucose … in patients with idiopathic pulmonary hypertension. An …

… and FDG-PET scans were done to evaluate metabolism and function. FDG uptake in the
lungs … Interestingly, increased FDG uptake in the lungs of PH rats was decreased by medical …

… studies for PH performed under glucose load to maximize FDG uptake, the PET scans in
our study were performed in the fasting state, which may account for some of the differences in …

… pulmonary hypertension (PH) can have elevated 18 F-FDG uptake in the right ventricle (RV)
on PET imaging. … to assess possible relationship between FDG uptake of ventricles and the …