• The specific situation of the patient. Unless otherwise provided for by national regulations,
off-label use of medication should be limited to situations where it is in the patient's interest …

Aim The diagnosis, severity and extent of a sterile inflammation or a septic infection could be
challenging since there is not one single test able to achieve an accurate diagnosis. The …

Background The major reasons to treat sarcoidosis are to lower the morbidity and mortality
risk or to improve quality of life (QoL). The indication for treatment varies depending on …

With this document, we provide a standard for PET/(diagnostic) CT imaging procedures in
cardiovascular diseases that are inflammatory, infective, infiltrative, or associated with …

The use of cardiac PET, and in particular of quantitative myocardial perfusion PET, has been
growing during the last years, because scanners are becoming widely available and …

Cardiac sarcoidosis (CS) results from epithelioid cell granulomas infiltrating the myocardium
and predisposing to conduction disturbances, ventricular tachyarrhythmias, and heart …

Autoimmune rheumatic diseases (ARDs) involve multiple organs including the heart and
vasculature. Despite novel treatments, patients with ARDs still experience a reduced life …

The prevalence of sarcoidosis-related cardiomyopathy is increasing. Sarcoidosis impacts
cardiac function through granulomatous infiltration of the heart, resulting in conduction …

Objectives The purpose of this study was to investigate the diagnostic value of simultaneous
hybrid cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) and 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission …

Purpose. To date, several meta-analyses have reported data about the diagnostic
performance of 18 F-FDG PET/CT in infectious and inflammatory diseases. This article aims …