Published February 2005 | Version v1
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Evaluation of myocardial blood flow and coronary flow reserve using positron emission tomography

Creators

  • 1. Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju (Korea, Republic of)

Description

Positron emission tomography (PET) serves as a gold standard for noninvasive in vivo measurement of myocardial blood flow (MBF) and coronary flow reserve (CFR). CFR can be defined as the ratio of maximally vasodilated MBF over its basal flow. It is an important parameter for the evaluation of functional severity of coronary stenosis and prognositification in various diseases such as dilated cardiomyopathy. 13NH3, H215O, 82Rb are widely used radiopharmaceuticals for measuring MBF and CFR. This review introduces imaging techniques and its clinical utility. Cardiac application of PET and PET/CT is expected to be increased in near future

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Korean Journal of Nuclear Medicine
Journal Volume
39
Journal Issue
2
Series
55 refs, 3 figs, 1 tab
Journal Page Range
p. 118-123
ISSN
1225-6714

INIS

Country of Publication
Korea, Republic of
Country of Input or Organization
Korea, Republic of
INIS RN
38057741
Subject category
S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE;
Descriptors DEI
BLOOD FLOW; CORONARIES; IN VIVO; MYOCARDIUM; POSITRON COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS
Descriptors DEC
ARTERIES; BLOOD VESSELS; BODY; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; DRUGS; EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEART; LABELLED COMPOUNDS; MATERIALS; MUSCLES; ORGANS; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; TOMOGRAPHY