Heterogeneous Myocardial FDG Uptake and the Disease Activity in Cardiac Sarcoidosis
Author(s) -
Nobuhiro Tahara,
Atsuko Tahara,
Yoshikazu Nitta,
Norihiro Kodama,
Minori Mizoguchi,
Hayato Kaida,
Kenkichi Baba,
Masatoshi Ishibashi,
Naofumi Hayabuchi,
Jagat Narula,
Tsutomu Imaizumi
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
jacc. cardiovascular imaging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.79
H-Index - 120
eISSN - 1936-878X
pISSN - 1876-7591
DOI - 10.1016/j.jcmg.2010.09.015
Subject(s) - medicine , sarcoidosis , cardiac sarcoidosis , standardized uptake value , positron emission tomography , cardiology , cardiac pet , dilated cardiomyopathy , fluorodeoxyglucose , nuclear medicine , heart failure
This study evaluated the usefulness of fasting (18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG)-positron emission tomography (PET) in the diagnosis and management of cardiac sarcoidosis (CS) and compared it with FDG uptake in dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM).
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