Inflammatory cardiomyopathy, characterized by inflammatory cell infiltration into the
myocardium and a high risk of deteriorating cardiac function, has a heterogeneous …

Radiology historically has been a leader of digital transformation in healthcare. The
introduction of digital imaging systems, picture archiving and communication systems …

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 …

Cardiotoxicity may present as (pulmonary) hypertension, acute and chronic coronary
syndromes, venous thromboembolism, cardiomyopathies/heart failure, arrhythmia, valvular …

Cardiac sympathetic activity plays a key role in supporting cardiac function in both health
and disease conditions, and nuclear cardiac imaging has always represented the only way …

Importance Myocardial replacement fibrosis has been reported to occur in one-third of
patients with mitral valve prolapse (MVP) and significant mitral regurgitation (MR). However …

Simultaneous positron emission tomography and magnetic resonance imaging (PET‐MRI)
combines the anatomical detail and tissue characterization of MRI with the functional …

Hybrid imaging using PET/MRI has emerged as a platform for elucidating novel
neurobiology, molecular and functional changes in disease, and responses to physiological …

PET imaging is able to harness biological processes to characterise high‐risk features of
atherosclerotic plaque prone to rupture. Current radiotracers are able to track inflammation …