Assessment of Myocardial Scar; Comparison between 18F-FDG PET, CMR and 99Tc-Sestamibi | Zendy

Andrew M. Crean | Zendy; Sadia Khan | Zendy; Ceri Davies | Zendy; Richard Coulden | Zendy; David P. Dutka | Zendy

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Assessment of Myocardial Scar; Comparison between ¹⁸F-FDG PET, CMR and ⁹⁹Tc-Sestamibi

Author(s) -

Andrew M. Crean,

Sadia Khan,

Ceri Davies,

Richard Coulden,

David P. Dutka

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

clinical medicine cardiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 1178-1165

DOI - 10.4137/cmc.s730

Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , heart failure , coronary artery disease , magnetic resonance imaging , prospective cohort study , cardiac magnetic resonance imaging , cardiac magnetic resonance , heart disease , myocardial infarction , radiology , nuclear medicine

Patients with heart failure and ischaemic heart disease may obtain benefit from revascularisation if viable dysfunctional myocardium is present. Such patients have an increased operative risk, so it is important to ensure that viability is correctly identified. In this study, we have compared the utility of 3 imaging modalities to detect myocardial scar.

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