Issue 6/2021
Content (98 Articles)
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
Vasvi Singh, Saurabh Malhotra
What is this image? 2021: image 4
What is this image? 2021 image 3 result
Yuhua Yang, Yiling Wang, Juyi Lin, Lisha Liu, Shengcai Huang
An optimized imaging protocol for [99mTc]Tc-DPD scintigraphy and SPECT/CT quantification in cardiac transthyretin (ATTR) amyloidosis
Imke Schatka, Anne Bingel, Franziska Schau, Stephanie Bluemel, Daniel R. Messroghli, David Frumkin, Fabian Knebel, Sonja M. Diekmann, Ahmed Elsanhoury, Carsten Tschöpe, Katrin Hahn, Holger Amthauer, Julian M. M. Rogasch, Christoph Wetz
Optimizing 99mTc-DPD scintigraphy: Adding value to the diagnosis and treatment of cardiac transthyretin amyloidosis
Jan Stassen, Pieter van der Bijl, Jeroen J. Bax
New insights for early assessment of cardiac involvement in Anderson-Fabry disease
Alberto Cuocolo, Carmela Nappi, Valeria Gaudieri, Antonio Pisani, Massimo Imbriaco
Avijit (Tultul) Lahiri (1948–2021): A friend, mentor and inspiration to all!
Jeffrey Leppo, Prem Soman, Barry L. Zaret
Imaging inflammation in atherosclerotic plaques, targeting SST2 with [111In]In-DOTA-JR11
Eric J. Meester, Boudewijn J. Krenning, Erik de Blois, Marion de Jong, Antonius F. W. van der Steen, Monique R. Bernsen, Kim van der Heiden
Imaging inflammation in atherosclerosis: Exploring all avenues
Ahmed Haider, Susan Bengs, Catherine Gebhard
Reduced acquisition times for measurement of myocardial blood flow with 99mTc-tetrofosmin and solid-state detector SPECT
Jeffrey Do, Terrence D. Ruddy, R. Glenn Wells
Dynamic ultrafast CZT imaging: Time for a paradigm change in myocardial perfusion imaging
Riccardo Liga, Alessia Gimelli
Hypermetabolism of the spleen or bone marrow is an additional albeit indirect sign of infective endocarditis at FDG-PET
Caroline Boursier, Xavier Duval, Besma Mahida, Bruno Hoen, François Goehringer, Christine Selton-Suty, Elodie Chevalier, Véronique Roch, Zohra Lamiral, Aurélie Bourdon, Nicolas Piriou, Amandine Pallardy, Olivier Morel, François Rouzet, Pierre-Yves Marie
FDG uptake in marrow and spleen: What does it mean?
Asbjørn M. Scholtens, Hein J. Verberne
Incremental value of myocardial wall motion and thickening to perfusion alone by gated SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging for viability assessment in patients with ischemic heart failure
Feifei Zhang, Jianfeng Wang, Xiaoliang Shao, Minfu Yang, Yongxiang Qian, Xiaoyu Yang, Zhifang Wu, Sijin Li, Wenchong Xin, Yunmei Shi, Bao Liu, Wenji Yu, Zhuo He, Weihua Zhou, Yuetao Wang
How viable is SPECT for viability assessment in the PET era?
Pavithra S. Jayadeva, Nathan Better
Impact of attenuation correction for CZT-SPECT measurement of myocardial blood flow
Matthieu Bailly, Frédérique Thibault, Maxime Courtehoux, Gilles Metrard, Maria Joao Ribeiro
The utility of heart-to-mediastinum ratio using a planar image created from IQ-SPECT with Iodine-123 meta-iodobenzylguanidine
Takayuki Shibutani, Kenichi Nakajima, Hiroto Yoneyama, Takahiro Konishi, Koichi Okuda, Masahisa Onoguchi, Seigo Kinuya
The 123I-mIBG heart/mediastinum ratio: Moving from 2D to 3D imaging
Giuseppe De Vincentis, Viviana Frantellizzi
Anxiety and hemodynamic reactivity during cardiac stress testing: The role of gender and age in myocardial ischemia
Maria T. Bekendam, Paula M. C. Mommersteeg, Willem J. Kop, Jos W. Widdershoven, Ilse A. C. Vermeltfoort
Anxiety as a risk factor in coronary artery disease among young women
Sang-Geon Cho, Hyung Yoon Kim, Hee-Seung Bom
The indications and utility of adjunctive imaging modalities for chronic total occlusion (CTO) intervention
Usaid K. Allahwala, Emmanouil S. Brilakis, Hosen Kiat, Sally Ayesa, Daniel Nour, Michael Ward, Sidney Lo, James C. Weaver, Ravinay Bhindi
Imaging in CTO: Should you look before you open?
C. Wiefels, R. S. B. Beanlands, A. Y. Chong
Evaluation of cardiac allograft vasculopathy by positron emission tomography
Attila Feher, Albert J. Sinusas
Is faster always better? What is the implication of a shorter time to imaging with tetrofosmin compared to sestamibi?
Kelly Laipply, Myron Gerson
Preparation is everything: The impact of a structured preparation protocol on cardiac 18F-FDG PET imaging for cardiac sarcoidosis
Sanjay Divakaran, Michael T. Osborne
Beware! Some crucial information is left unattended on our myocardial perfusion scans!
Sylvain Prevost
Utility of diastolic dyssynchrony in the setting of cardiac resynchronization therapy
Marat Fudim, Salvador Borges-Neto
Development and feasibility of quantitative dynamic cardiac imaging for mice using μSPECT
M. A. Guerraty, L. C. Johnson, E. Blankemeyer, D. J. Rader, S. C. Moore, S. D. Metzler
Coronary artery calcium burden, carotid atherosclerotic plaque burden, and myocardial blood flow in patients with end-stage renal disease: A non-invasive imaging study combining PET/CT and 3D ultrasound
Christian Wenning, Alexis Vrachimis, Hermann-Joseph Pavenstädt, Stefan Reuter, Michael Schäfers
Relationship between heart rate response and cardiac innervation in patients with suspected or known coronary artery disease
Carmela Nappi, Roberta Assante, Emilia Zampella, Valeria Gaudieri, Giovanni De Simini, Alessia Giordano, Adriana D’Antonio, Wanda Acampa, Mario Petretta, Alberto Cuocolo
Heart rate response to vasodilator stress: A potential new application for a proven prognostic parameter
Christopher L. Schumann, Jamieson M. Bourque
99mTc-3SPboroxime: A neutral 99mTc(III) radiotracer with high heart uptake and long myocardial retention
Xiao-Ying Xi, Lei Wang, Bailing Hsu, Zuo-Quan Zhao, Shuang Liu, Wei Fang
99mTc-labeled boronic acid derivatives for SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging: Improved version 2.0
Raymond Taillefer
Determinants of 18F-NaF uptake in femoral arteries in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus
Richard A. P. Takx, Ruth van Asperen, Jonas W. Bartstra, Sabine R. Zwakenberg, Jelmer M. Wolterink, Csilla Celeng, Pim A. de Jong, Joline W. Beulens
18F-sodium fluoride: An emerging tracer to assess active vascular microcalcification
William Y. Raynor, Austin J. Borja, Chaitanya Rojulpote, Poul Flemming Høilund-Carlsen, Abass Alavi
Site qualification and clinical interpretation standards for 99mTc-SPECT perfusion imaging in a multi-center study of MITNEC (Medical Imaging Trials Network of Canada)
Jennifer M. Renaud, Manuja Premaratne, Marie-Claude Villeneuve, Vincent Finnerty, Francois Harel, Therèse Heinonen, Jean-Claude Tardif, Terrence D. Ruddy, Robert A. deKemp
ISCHEMIA questions and MITNEC answers: Defining and standardizing clinical ischemic jeopardy with SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging
Erin M. Armenia, Ronald G. Schwartz
Cardiac SPECT radiomic features repeatability and reproducibility: A multi-scanner phantom study
Mohammad Edalat-Javid, Isaac Shiri, Ghasem Hajianfar, Hamid Abdollahi, Hossein Arabi, Niki Oveisi, Mohammad Javadian, Mojtaba Shamsaei Zafarghandi, Hadi Malek, Ahmad Bitarafan-Rajabi, Mehrdad Oveisi, Habib Zaidi
Reproducible Quantification of Regional Sympathetic Denervation with [11C]meta-Hydroxyephedrine PET Imaging
Jean Z. Wang, Jonathan B. Moody, Nicole Kaps, Deron Britt, Aaryn Lavallee, Jennifer M. Renaud, Jason G. E. Zelt, Kai Yi Wu, Rob S. Beanlands, James A. Fallavollita, John M. Canty, Robert A. deKemp
Cardiac software repeatability beyond correlations: Clinical outcomes matter
H. J. Harms, M. Lubberink
Standard SPECT myocardial perfusion estimation from half-time acquisitions using deep convolutional residual neural networks
Isaac Shiri, Kiarash AmirMozafari Sabet, Hossein Arabi, Mozhgan Pourkeshavarz, Behnoosh Teimourian, Mohammad Reza Ay, Habib Zaidi
Deep learning, another important tool for improving acquisition efficiency in SPECT MPI Imaging
Ernest V. Garcia
Increased myocardial oxygen consumption rates are associated with maladaptive right ventricular remodeling and decreased event-free survival in heart failure patients
Ali Ahmadi, Jennifer M. Renaud, Steven Promislow, Ian G. Burwash, Girish Dwivedi, Ran Klein, Jason G. E. Zelt, Robert A. deKemp, Rob S. Beanlands, Lisa M. Mielniczuk
Hello from the other side: Molecular imaging of the right ventricle
Jens Sörensen
The prognostic value of regadenoson SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging: The largest cohort to date
Ajoe John Kattoor, Ahmed A. Kolkailah, Fady Iskander, Mina Iskander, Lisa Diep, Rozi Khan, Rami Doukky
The evolution of the prognostic value of regadenoson SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging
Gursukhmandeep S. Sidhu, Robert C. Hendel
Preserved myocardial viability in patients with chronic total occlusion of a single coronary artery
Xiao-Xin Sun, Shuheng Li, Wei Fang, Yue-Qin Tian, Rui Shen, Hongxing Wei, Zuo-Xiang He
Quantification of myocardial perfusion reserve by CZT-SPECT: A head to head comparison with 82Rubidium PET imaging
Wanda Acampa, Emilia Zampella, Roberta Assante, Andrea Genova, Giovanni De Simini, Teresa Mannarino, Adriana D’Antonio, Valeria Gaudieri, Carmela Nappi, Pietro Buongiorno, Ciro Gabriele Mainolfi, Mario Petretta, Alberto Cuocolo
SPECT quantification of myocardial blood flow: Another step toward widespread availability
Marie A. Guerraty, Scott D. Metzler, Paco E. Bravo
Estimation of prevalence of transthyretin (ATTR) cardiac amyloidosis in an Australian subpopulation using bone scans with echocardiography and clinical correlation
Claire Cuscaden, Stuart C. Ramsay, Sandhir Prasad, Bruce Goodwin, Jye Smith
Wild-type transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis: When is a rare disease no longer a rare disease?
Kshama Wechalekar, Ashutosh D. Wechalekar
Test–retest repeatability and software reproducibility of myocardial flow measurements using rest/adenosine stress Rubidium-82 PET/CT with and without motion correction in healthy young volunteers
Christina Byrne, Andreas Kjaer, Naja Enevold Olsen, Julie Lyng Forman, Philip Hasbak
More evidence for adequate test–retest repeatability of myocardial blood flow quantification with 82Rb PET/CT
Robert A. deKemp, Emel Celiker Guler, Terrence D. Ruddy
Prognostic value of coronary risk factors, exercise capacity and single photon emission computed tomography in liver transplantation candidates: A 5-year follow-up study
William E. Moody, Benjamin Holloway, Parthiban Arumugam, Sharon Gill, Yasmin S. Wahid, Chris M. Boivin, Louise E. Thomson, Daniel S. Berman, Matthew J. Armstrong, James Ferguson, Richard P. Steeds
SPECT-MPI in evaluation of liver transplant candidates: Is the evidence mounting?
Javier Gomez
Stress myocardial perfusion imaging in patients presenting with syncope: Comparison of PET vs. SPECT
Merrill Thomas, Krishna K. Patel, Poghni Peri-Okonny, Brett W. Sperry, A. Iain McGhie, Firas Al Badarin, Ibrahim M. Saeed, Kevin F. Kennedy, Paul Chan, John A. Spertus, Randall C. Thompson, Timothy M. Bateman
Is cardiac nuclear imaging helpful for the faint of heart?
Todd D. Miller, J. Wells Askew, Win-Kuang Shen
To what extent are perfusion defects seen by myocardial perfusion SPECT in patients with left bundle branch block related to myocardial infarction, ECG characteristics, and myocardial wall motion?
Fredrik Hedeer, Ellen Ostenfeld, Bo Hedén, Frits W. Prinzen, Håkan Arheden, Marcus Carlsson, Henrik Engblom
Elucidating the pathophysiology of left bundle branch block related perfusion defects
Yuka Otaki, Robert J. H. Miller, Piotr J. Slomka
CZT camera systems may provide better risk stratification for low-risk patients
Robert J. H. Miller, Donghee Han, Alan Rozanski, Heidi Gransar, John D. Friedman, Sean Hayes, Louise Thomson, Balaji Tamarappoo, Piotr J. Slomka, Daniel S. Berman
Advanced technology in the risk stratification-based strategy: The way forward to keep going
Roberta Assante, Emilia Zampella, Wanda Acampa
Initial experience regarding the safety and yield of rest-stress myocardial perfusion imaging in emergency department patients with mildly abnormal high-sensitivity cardiac troponins
Arooj Khan, Rakesh Engineer, Sihe Wang, Wael A. Jaber, Venu Menon, Paul C. Cremer
Observations from stress testing in the troponin twilight zone
Michael C. Kontos, Todd C. Villines
Variation in additional testing and patient outcomes after stress echocardiography or myocardial perfusion imaging, according to accreditation status of testing site
Jay N. Shah, Kimberly M. Murray, F. L. Lucas, Kathleen M. Fairfield, Mylan C. Cohen
Evaluation of the impact of laboratory accreditation on downstream outcomes
Daniel Shpilsky, Matthew E. Harinstein
Molecular imaging of cardiac CXCR4 expression in a mouse model of acute myocardial infarction using a novel 68Ga-mCXCL12 PET tracer
Mathias Johannes Zacherl, Andrei Todica, Carmen Wängler, Ralf Schirrmacher, Mohammad Ali Hajebrahimi, Joachim Pircher, Xiang Li, Simon Lindner, Matthias Brendel, Peter Bartenstein, Steffen Massberg, Stefan Brunner, Sebastian Lehner, Marcus Hacker, Bruno C. Huber
Coronary vasomotor dysfunction in cancer survivors treated with thoracic irradiation
John D. Groarke, Sanjay Divakaran, Anju Nohria, Joseph H. Killoran, Sharmila Dorbala, Ruth M. Dunne, Jon Hainer, Viviany R. Taqueti, Ron Blankstein, Harvey J. Mamon, Marcelo F. Di Carli
Cardiac dysfunction in cancer survivors after thoracic irradiation: A necessary evil?
K. Carlos El-Tallawi, Talal Alnabelsi, Mouaz H. Al-Mallah
18F-FDG positron emission tomography/computed tomography of cardiac implantable electronic device infections
Soile Pauliina Salomäki, Antti Saraste, Jukka Kemppainen, Saija Hurme, Juhani Knuuti, Pirjo Nuutila, Marko Seppänen, Anne Roivainen, Juhani Airaksinen, Tiina Salo, Jarmo Oksi, Laura Pirilä, Ulla Hohenthal
Emergence of 18F-FDG positron emission tomography in the detection and characterization of cardiac implantable device infections
Thomas H. Schindler, Gabriel Felder
Myocardial blood flow reserve and absolute myocardial blood flow for the assessment of patients with coronary artery disease with or without microvascular dysfunction
Raffaele Giubbini, Elisabetta Cerudelli, Luca Camoni
Myocardial ischemia and previous infarction contribute to left ventricular dyssynchrony in patients with coronary artery disease
Hanna Hämäläinen, Alisa Corovai, Jussi Laitinen, Tiina M. Laitinen, Marja Hedman, Antti Hedman, Antti Kivelä, Tomi P. Laitinen
Left ventricular mechanical dyssynchrony in patient with CAD: The Saga continues
Wael AlJaroudi
Prognostic value of myocardial perfusion imaging with D-SPECT camera in patients with ischemia and no obstructive coronary artery disease (INOCA)
Lu Liu, Fuad A. Abdu, Guoqing Yin, Bin Xu, Abdul-Quddus Mohammed, Siling Xu, Xian Lv, Yanru Luo, Lu Zu, Changrui Yang, Ziyi Zhang, Yuxiao Zhou, Haidong Cai, Zhongwei Lv, Yawei Xu, Wenliang Che
Can myocardial perfusion imaging predict outcome in patients with angina and ischemia but no obstructive coronary artery disease (INOCA)?
Tali Sharir, Boris Brodkin
Assessment of atherosclerosis in multiple myeloma and smoldering myeloma patients using 18F- sodium fluoride PET/CT
Leila S. Arani, Mahdi Zirakchian Zadeh, Babak Saboury, Mona-Elisabeth Revheim, Brian Øestergaard, Austin J. Borja, Davoud Samadi Samarin, Siavash Mehdizadeh Seraj, Eman Kalbush, Cyrus Ayubcha, Michael A. Morris, Tom J. Werner, Niels Abildgaard, Poul F. Høilund-Carlsen, Abass Alavi
(18)F-sodium fluoride PET in multiple myeloma: Linking cancer to atherosclerosis?
Dominik C. Benz, Ronny R. Buechel, Sharmila Dorbala
18F-Sodium fluoride uptake is associated with severity of atherosclerotic stenosis in stable ischemic heart disease
Artineh Hayrapetian, Gholam R. Berenji, Kim-Lien Nguyen, Yuxin Li
Narrowing in on a PET tracer that characterizes coronary atheroma: 18F-NaF uptake is increased in stenotic coronary artery disease
Michael T. Osborne, Taimur A. Abbasi, Mazen S. Albaghdadi
Evaluation of the diagnostic value of joint PET myocardial perfusion and metabolic imaging for vascular stenosis in patients with obstructive coronary artery disease
Fanghu Wang, Weiping Xu, Wenbing Lv, Dongyang Du, Hui Feng, Xiaochun Zhang, Shuxia Wang, Wufan Chen, Lijun Lu
Value of combined perfusion and metabolic tracers versus stress–rest perfusion imaging for coronary heart disease
Kenichi Nakajima, Hiroshi Wakabayashi
18F-FDG PET/CT detected recurrent renal cell carcinoma presenting with cardiac metastasis
Jiahua Cao, Yuhua Yang
Mycotic coronary aneurysm detected by 18F-FDG PET/CT: A case report
Sara Pacella
Integration of ischemia localization and cardiac catheterization findings into the management algorithm
P. S. Jayadeva, D. Sivaratnam, N. Better
18F-FDG PET/CT in the diagnosis of cardiac device-related infective endocarditis
André Azul Freitas, Luis Elvas, Rodolfo Silva, Lino Gonçalves, Maria João Ferreira
Prominent aortic radiotracer activity on equilibrium radionuclide ventriculography (ERNV) due to anterior transposition of aorta: A clue to diagnosing levo-transposition of great arteries (L-TGA) ?
Anwin Joseph Kavanal, Harpreet Singh, Prashant Panda, Jyothi Vijay, Madan Parmar, Bhagwant Rai Mittal
Multi-modality imaging of inflammation and ischemia for assessment of myocardial injury in Covid-19
Abbas Yousefi-Koma, Farah Naghashzadeh, Gemma A. Figtree, Sanjay Patel, Keyvan Karimi Galougahi
The often-overlooked elements of #PatientFirst imaging: Focus on optimal quality, including up-to-date protocols and equipment
Randall C. Thompson