Myocardial Perfusion PET.
- Author:
Ihn Ho CHO
1
;
Eun Jung KONG
Author Information
1. Department of Nuclear Medicine, Yeungnam University, College of Medicine, Daegu, Korea. ihcho@med.yu.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Review
- Keywords:
Positron emission tomography;
coronary artery disease;
myocardial perfusion imaging
- MeSH:
Cardiovascular Diseases;
Coronary Artery Disease;
Gene Expression;
Humans;
Myocardial Perfusion Imaging;
Perfusion;
Positron-Emission Tomography
- From:Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
2009;43(3):207-214
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
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Abstract:
Positron emission tomogrpahy (PET) represents the most advanced scintigraphic imaging technology. With the increase in availability of PET, the clinical use of PET has grown in medical fields. This can be employed for cardiovascular research as well as for clinical applications in patients with various cardiovascular disease. PET allows non-invasive functional assessment of myocardial perfusion, substrate metabolism and cardiac innervation and receptors as well as gene expression in vivo. PET is regarded as the gold standard for the detection of myocardial viability, and it is the only method available for the quantitative assessment of myocardial blood flow. This review focuses on the clinical applications of myocardial perfusion PET in coronary artery disease.
