Quantitative PET/CT measures of myocardial flow reserve and atherosclerosis for cardiac risk assessment and predicting adverse patient outcomes

I Valenta, V Dilsizian, A Quercioli, TD Ruddy… - Current cardiology …, 2013 - Springer
Conventional scintigraphic myocardial perfusion imaging with SPECT/CT or with PET/CT
has evolved as an important clinical tool for the diagnostic assessment of flow-limiting …

[HTML][HTML] PET-determined hyperemic myocardial blood flow: further progress to clinical application

TH Schindler, V Dilsizian - Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 2014 - jacc.org
emission tomography(PET) has evolved as a mainstay to identify and characterize the
coronary artery disease (CAD) process (1). The concurrent ability of PET with radiotracer …

[HTML][HTML] Quantitative PET Myocardial Blood Flow: “Trust, But Verify”

V Dilsizian, Y Chandrashekhar, J Narula - JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging, 2017 - jacc.org
quantification of absolute hyperemic myocardial blood flow and flow reserve with positron
emission tomography (PET) imaging is an elite tool for coronary artery disease (CAD) …

Quantitative assessment of myocardial blood flow—clinical and research applications

TH Schindler, A Quercioli, I Valenta, G Ambrosio… - Seminars in nuclear …, 2014 - Elsevier
Myocardial perfusion imaging with SPECT/CT or with PET/CT is a mainstay in clinical
practice for the diagnostic assessment of downstream, flow-limiting effects of epicardial …

[HTML][HTML] Myocardial flow reserve (MFR) with positron emission tomography (PET)/computed tomography (CT): clinical impact in diagnosis and prognosis

MC Ziadi - Cardiovascular diagnosis and therapy, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
In recent years, radionuclide myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) using positron emission
tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) has emerged as a robust tool for the diagnosis …

PET perfusion and flow assessment: tomorrows' technology today

MF Di Carli - Seminars in Nuclear Medicine, 2020 - Elsevier
Quantitative myocardial perfusion PET/CT imaging is one of the most accurate tests for
diagnosis and risk stratification of patients with suspected or known CAD. The test provides …

Cardiac PET imaging for the detection and monitoring of coronary artery disease and microvascular health

TH Schindler, HR Schelbert, A Quercioli… - JACC: Cardiovascular …, 2010 - jacc.org
Positron emission tomography (PET) myocardial perfusion imaging in concert with tracer-
kinetic modeling affords the assessment of regional myocardial blood flow (MBF) of the left …

Will 3-dimensional PET-CT enable the routine quantification of myocardial blood flow?

RA Dekemp, K Yoshinaga, RSB Beanlands - Journal of nuclear cardiology, 2007 - Elsevier
Quantification of myocardial blood flow (MBF) and flow reserve has been used extensively
with positron emission tomography (PET) to investigate the functional significance of …

Absolute myocardial blood flow quantification with SPECT/CT: Is it possible?

PJ Slomka, DS Berman, G Germano - Journal of Nuclear Cardiology, 2014 - Springer
Absolute myocardial blood flow (MBF) and myocardial flow reserve (MFR) are important
physiological variables related to heart disease. Traditionally, these measurements have …

Will cardiac positron emission tomography ultimately replace SPECT for myocardial perfusion imaging?

GA Beller - 2009 - Springer
A good case has been made for the potential superiority of positron emission tomography
(PET) over other functional imaging techniques for detection of CAD and risk stratification. 1 …