Issue 6/2018
Content (61 Articles)
A resolution for the new year: Responding to a call to organize against burnout crisis
Shane P. Prejean, Susan Buckingham, Ami E. Iskandrian
A quick glance at selected topics in this issue
Pradeep Bhambhvani, Fadi G. Hage, Ami E. Iskandrian
Cardiovascular disease in the literature: A selection of recent original research papers
Fadi G. Hage, Wael AlJaroudi
Nuclear cardiology in the literature: A selection of recent original research papers
Saurabh Malhotra
What is This Image? 2018: Image 4
What is this image? 2018: Image 3 result
Ganesh Kumar, Alka Khadwal, Ashwani Sood, Harmandeep Singh, Vaishnavi Dasagrandhi, Sonia Kashyap, Bhagwant Rai Mittal
B. Leonard Holman, MD. (1941–1998)
Frans J. Th. Wackers, William Strauss, George Beller, James Udelson, Frans J. Th. Wackers, Ignasi Carrio
Repeatable and reproducible measurements of myocardial oxidative metabolism, blood flow and external efficiency using 11C-acetate PET
Kai Yi Wu, Vincent Dinculescu, Jennifer M. Renaud, Shin-Yee Chen, Ian G. Burwash, Lisa M. Mielniczuk, Rob S. B. Beanlands, Robert A. deKemp
Test–retest repeatability of myocardial oxidative metabolism and efficiency using standalone dynamic 11C-acetate PET and multimodality approaches in healthy controls
Nils Henrik Hansson, Hendrik Johannes Harms, Won Yong Kim, Roni Nielsen, Lars P. Tolbod, Jørgen Frøkiær, Kirsten Bouchelouche, Steen Hvitfeldt Poulsen, Henrik Wiggers, Erik Thorlund Parner, Jens Sörensen
Automatic calculation of myocardial external efficiency using a single 11C-acetate PET scan
Hendrik J. Harms, Nils Henrik S. Hansson, Tanja Kero, Tomasz Baron, Lars P. Tolbod, Won Y. Kim, Jørgen Frøkiær, Frank A. Flachskampf, Henrik Wiggers, Jens Sörensen
PET-based myocardial efficiency: Powerful yet under-utilized—now simpler than ever
Frank M. Bengel
Development and validation of an automatic method to detect the latest contracting viable left ventricular segments to assist guide CRT therapy from gated SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging
Weihua Zhou, Ningchao Tao, Xiaofeng Hou, Yao Wang, Russell D. Folks, David C. Cooke, Valeria M. Moncayo, Ernest V. Garcia, Jiangang Zou
Dual-time-point FDG PET/CT imaging in prosthetic heart valve endocarditis
A. M. Scholtens, L. E. Swart, H. J. Verberne, R. P. J. Budde, M. G. E. H. Lam
Another potential step to improve prosthetic heart valve endocarditis imaging with 18F-FDG PET/CT
Thomas H. Schindler
Rosai–Dorfman disease and left ventricular noncompaction cardiomyopathy: A heart failure conundrum
Matthew Parke Laubham, Amir Darki
The role of nuclear medicine in assessments of cardiac dyssynchrony
Masanao Naya, Osamu Manabe, Kazuhiro Koyanagawa, Nagara Tamaki
Correction to: The role of nuclear medicine in assessments of cardiac dyssynchrony
Masanao Naya, Osamu Manabe, Kazuhiro Koyanagawa, Nagara Tamaki
Is coronary calcium scoring too late? Total body arterial calcium burden in patients without known CAD and normal MPI
Adel H. A. Allam, Randall C. Thompson, Michael A. Eskander, Mohamed A. Mandour Ali, Ayman Sadek, Chris J. Rowan, M. Linda Sutherland, James D. Sutherland, Bruno Frohlich, David E. Michalik, Caleb E. Finch, Jagat Narula, Gregory S. Thomas, L. Samuel Wann
Clinical significance of extra-coronary arterial calcifications
Omar Chehab, Mahmoud Eldirani, Habib A. Dakik
Hybrid PET/CT and PET/MRI imaging of vulnerable coronary plaque and myocardial scar tissue in acute myocardial infarction
Stephanie Marchesseau, Aruni Seneviratna, A. Therese Sjöholm, Daphne Liang Qin, Jamie X. M. Ho, Derek J. Hausenloy, David W. Townsend, A. Mark Richards, John J. Totman, Mark Y. Y. Chan
What can be and what cannot be accomplished with PET to detect and characterize atherosclerotic plaques
Abass Alavi, Thomas J. Werner, Poul Flemming Høilund-Carlsen
Low-dose dual-isotope procedure planed for myocardial perfusion CZT-SPECT and assessed through a head-to-head comparison with a conventional single-isotope protocol
Laetitia Imbert, Véronique Roch, Charles Merlin, Wassila Djaballah, Florent Cachin, Mathieu Perrin, Marine Claudin, Antoine Verger, Henri Boutley, Gilles Karcher, Pierre-Yves Marie
Dual-isotope myocardial perfusion SPECT imaging: Past, present, and future
Tali Sharir, Piotr Slomka
Assessment of left ventricular contraction patterns using gated SPECT MPI to predict cardiac resynchronization therapy response
Ningchao Tao, Yuanhao Qiu, Haipeng Tang, Zhiyong Qian, Hongping Wu, Rui Zhu, Yao Wang, Xiaofeng Hou, Weihua Zhou, Jiangang Zou
Mechanical dyssynchrony with phase analysis of gated SPECT: Nap time is over
Wael AlJaroudi
Improving compliance with Intersocietal Accreditation Commission (IAC) reporting standards: A serial comparison of 523 labs over seven years
P. Timothy Maddux, Mary Beth Farrell, Joseph A. Ewing, Peter L. Tilkemeier
Progress through accreditation, still room for quality improvement
David E. Winchester, Robert C. Hendel
Validation of a clinical pathway to assess asymptomatic renal transplant candidates using myocardial perfusion imaging
Rami Doukky, Ibtihaj Fughhi, Tania Campagnoli, Marwan Wassouf, Michael Kharouta, Aviral Vij, Chiedozie Anokwute, Andrew Appis, Amjad Ali
Screening pre-renal transplant: Risk factors appear key but important questions remain
Jamieson M. Bourque, Ami E. Iskandrian, Fadi G. Hage
Apical sparing pattern of left ventricular myocardial 99mTc-HMDP uptake in patients with transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis
Axel Van Der Gucht, Anne-Ségolène Cottereau, Mukedaisi Abulizi, Aziz Guellich, Paul Blanc-Durand, Jean-Marc Israel, Arnault Galat, Violaine Plante-Bordeneuve, Jean-Luc Dubois-Randé, Diane Bodez, Jean Rosso, Thibaud Damy, Emmanuel Itti
Emerging role of echocardiography, cardiac magnetic resonance imaging and 99mTc-labeled bone tracer scintigraphy for the diagnosis of cardiac amyloidosis
Samia Massalha, Terrence D. Ruddy
Standardized uptake values in FDG PET/CT for prosthetic heart valve endocarditis: a call for standardization
Asbjørn M. Scholtens, Laurens E. Swart, Henryk J. te Kolste, Ricardo P. J. Budde, Marnix G. E. H. Lam, Hein J. Verberne
Quantification of FDG uptake in patients with a suspicion of prosthetic valve endocarditis: Part of the problem or part of the solution?
Fabien Hyafil, François Rouzet, Dominique Le Guludec
Quantification of intramyocardial blood volume with 99mTc-RBC SPECT-CT imaging: A preclinical study
Hassan Mohy-ud-Din, Nabil E. Boutagy, John C. Stendahl, Zhen W. Zhuang, Albert J. Sinusas, Chi Liu
Non-invasive measures of coronary microcirculation: Taking the long road to the clinic
Kieran S. Chung, Patricia K. Nguyen
Erratum to: Non-invasive measures of coronary microcirculation: Taking the long road to the clinic
Kieran S. Chung, Patricia K. Nguyen
Investigation of dose reduction in cardiac perfusion SPECT via optimization and choice of the image reconstruction strategy
Albert Juan Ramon, Yongyi Yang, P. Hendrik Pretorius, Piotr J. Slomka, Karen L. Johnson, Michael A. King, Miles N. Wernick
The long way to dose reduction in myocardial perfusion imaging
Michela Lecchi, Angelo Del Sole
Automatic determination of cardiovascular risk by CT attenuation correction maps in Rb-82 PET/CT
Ivana Išgum, Bob D. de Vos, Jelmer M. Wolterink, Damini Dey, Daniel S. Berman, Mathieu Rubeaux, Tim Leiner, Piotr J. Slomka
Erratum to: Automatic determination of cardiovascular risk by CT attenuation correction maps in Rb-82 PET/CT
Ivana Išgum, Bob D. de Vos, Jelmer M. Wolterink, Damini Dey, Daniel S. Berman, Mathieu Rubeaux, Tim Leiner, Piotr J. Slomka
Coronary calcium scoring of CT attenuation correction scans: Automatic, manual, or visual?
Shifali Dumeer, Andrew J. Einstein
Cardiac MRI for the evaluation of oncologic cardiotoxicity
Adrián I. Löffler, Michael Salerno
Cardio-oncology: Understanding cardiotoxicity to guide patient focused imaging
Raymond Russell III
Selection of abstracts from the scientific sessions of the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Philadelphia PA June 23–26, 2018
Jacek Kwiecinski, Yoon Jae Lee, Piotr Slomka
Attenuation correction and metal artifact reduction in FDG PET/CT for prosthetic heart valve and cardiac implantable device endocarditis
Asbjørn M. Scholtens, Hein J. Verberne
RV function improvement following nitric oxide inhalation demonstrated by gated blood pool SPECT in a patient with primary pulmonary hypertension
Fayçal Ben Bouallègue, Fabien Vauchot, Aurélie Bourdon, Meriem Benkiran, Clément Boissin, Jérémy Charriot, Arnaud Bourdin, Denis Mariano-Goulart
Gallium-68 DOTANOC scan in a patient with suspected cardiac sarcoidosis
Averilicia Passah, Prateek Kaushik, Chetan Patel, Neeraj Parakh
A practical method to reduce breast attenuation during SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging
Mohsen Qutbi, Mehdi Soltanshahi
Abnormal myocardial perfusion pattern in the absence of significant coronary artery stenosis
T. Sean Dunn II, Jack Heo, Ami E. Iskandrian, Fadi G. Hage
Exercise-induced ST elevation with minimal ischemia by perfusion imaging
Ayman A. Farag, Shane Prejean, Ami E. Iskandrian, Fadi G. Hage
Correction to: Clinical Quantification of Myocardial Blood Flow Using PET: Joint Position Paper of the SNMMI Cardiovascular Council and the ASNC
Venkatesh L. Murthy, Timothy M. Bateman, Rob S. Beanlands, Daniel S. Berman, Salvador Borges-Neto, Panithaya Chareonthaitawee, Manuel D. Cerqueira, Robert A. deKemp, E. Gordon DePuey, Vasken Dilsizian, Sharmila Dorbala, Edward P. Ficaro, Ernest V. Garcia, Henry Gewirtz, Gary V. Heller, Howard C. Lewin, Saurabh Malhotra, April Mann, Terrence D. Ruddy, Thomas H. Schindler, Ronald G. Schwartz, Piotr J. Slomka, Prem Soman, Marcelo F. Di Carli
Correction to: ACC/AATS/AHA/ASE/ASNC/SCAI/SCCT/STS 2017 Appropriate Use Criteria for Coronary Revascularization in Patients With Stable Ischemic Heart Disease
Manesh R. Patel, John H. Calhoon, Gregory J. Dehmer, James Aaron Grantham, Thomas M. Maddox, David J. Maron, Peter K. Smith