Open AccessIncreasing Use of Cardiac PET/CT for Inflammatory and Infiltrative Heart Diseases in Korea
Author(s) -
Jang Bae Moon,
Sang-Geon Cho,
Su Woong Yoo,
HeeSeung Bom
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
chonnam medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2233-7385
pISSN - 2233-7393
DOI - 10.4068/cmj.2021.57.2.139
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiac sarcoidosis , incidence (geometry) , sarcoidosis , radiology , cardiology , physics , optics
Recently the incidence of inflammatory and infiltrative heart diseases is increasing in Korea. Cardiac PET/CT is a useful technology evaluating inflammatory and infiltrative heart diseases. This study analyzed trends in the use of cardiac PET/CT for evaluating inflammatory and infiltrative heart diseases in the Chonnam National University Hospital and Chonnam National University Hwasun Hospital. The general trend in Korea was also assessed based on the domestic nuclear medicine database. There was a common increasing trend in the number of F-18 FDG PET/CT for the evaluation of inflammatory and infiltrative heart diseases. A representative case with cardiac sarcoidosis is illustrated.