Title of article
Reversible 18-FDG-uptake defects on myocardial PET: Is this myocardial resurrection?
Author/Authors
Bart W.L. De Boeck، نويسنده , , Frederik A. Verburg، نويسنده , , Monique G.G. Hobbelink، نويسنده , , Birgitta Velthuis، نويسنده , , Paul G. Melman، نويسنده , , Maarten-Jan M. Cramer، نويسنده ,
Issue Information
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2008
Pages
4
From page
175
To page
178
Abstract
Because it can accurately detect preserved glucose metabolism even in the hypoperfused or stunned myocardium, 18-FDG-PET is considered as the gold standard of myocardial viability assessment. In tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy, a presumed condition of stunning, absence of glucose metabolism however is not a marker of death. This sheds a critical light on 18-FDG-PET as a gold standard for viability.
Keywords
Scintigraphy , PET , viability , Tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy , echocardiography
Journal title
International Journal of Cardiology
Serial Year
2008
Journal title
International Journal of Cardiology
Record number
816151
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