Open AccessEnhanced myocardial fluorodeoxyglucose uptake following Adriamycin-based therapy: Evidence of early chemotherapeutic cardiotoxicity?
Author(s) -
Chaitanya Borde,
Purushottam Kand,
Sandip Basu
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
world journal of radiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1949-8470
DOI - 10.4329/wjr.v4.i5.220
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiotoxicity , ejection fraction , fluorodeoxyglucose , positron emission tomography , nuclear medicine , chemotherapy , cardiac pet , standardized uptake value , heart failure , cardiology , radiology
To analyze changes in myocardial glucose metabolism using fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG)-positron emission tomography (PET) in patients treated with adriamycin and to investigate the clinical significance of these changes.