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July 2021

NG ACT, van Rosendael AR, Bax JJ
Automated artificial intelligence quantification of aortic atherosclerotic calcifications by 18F-sodium fluoride PET/CT.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2021 Jul 21. pii: 10.1007/s12350-021-02700.
PubMed

HOILUND-CARLSEN PF, Gerke O
Sources of error with cardiovascular PET/CT and PET/MRI and questions to be answered to achieve clinical usefulness.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2021 Jul 21. pii: 10.1007/s12350-021-02750.
PubMed

SORENSEN J, Nordstrom J, Baron T, Morner S, et al
Diagnosis of left ventricular hypertrophy using non-ECG-gated (15)O-water PET.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2021 Jul 20. pii: 10.1007/s12350-021-02734.
PubMed Abstract available

LIU J, Yang Y, Wernick MN, Pretorius PH, et al
Improving detection accuracy of perfusion defect in standard dose SPECT-myocardial perfusion imaging by deep-learning denoising.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2021 Jul 19. pii: 10.1007/s12350-021-02676.
PubMed Abstract available

LEHNER S, Graner FP, Fischer M, Ilhan H, et al
The assessment of left ventricular mechanical dyssynchrony from gated (99m)Tc-tetrofosmin SPECT and gated (18)F-FDG PET by QGS: a comparative study.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2021 Jul 19. pii: 10.1007/s12350-021-02737.
PubMed Abstract available

LIU FS, Wang SY, Shiau YC, Wu YW, et al
Integration of quantitative absolute myocardial blood flow estimates from dynamic CZT-SPECT improves the detection of coronary artery disease.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2021 Jul 8. pii: 10.1007/s12350-021-02713.
PubMed Abstract available

EISENBERG E, Miller RJH, Hu LH, Rios R, et al
Diagnostic safety of a machine learning-based automatic patient selection algorithm for stress-only myocardial perfusion SPECT.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2021 Jul 6. pii: 10.1007/s12350-021-02698.
PubMed Abstract available

BORGES-ROSA J, Oliveira-Santos M, Silva R, Mendes J, et al
[(18)F]FDG PET-CT in the diagnosis of bacterial pericarditis.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2021 Jul 6. pii: 10.1007/s12350-021-02706.
PubMed

YUAN T, Wang X
(68)Ga-FAPI PET/MRI in Coronary Heart Disease.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2021 Jul 6. pii: 10.1007/s12350-021-02667.
PubMed

AHMED AI, Abebe AT, Han Y, Alnabelsi T, et al
The prognostic role of cardiac positron emission tomography imaging in patients with sarcoidosis: A systematic review.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2021 Jul 6. pii: 10.1007/s12350-021-02681.
PubMed Abstract available

UTRERA-COSTERO A, Bernal-Vergara JC, Olivan-Sasot P, Yepes-Agudelo AM, et al
The value of (18)F-FDG PET/CT in two cases of Primary Pericardial Mesothelioma.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2021 Jul 6. pii: 10.1007/s12350-021-02690.
PubMed

GUPTA K, Dixit P, Ananthasubramaniam K
Cardiac PET in aortic stenosis: Potential role in risk refinement?
J Nucl Cardiol. 2021 Jul 6. pii: 10.1007/s12350-021-02714.
PubMed

NAGHSHTABRIZI B, Alvandi M, Shaghaghi Z, Hadei SK, et al
Transient ischemic dilation or transient RV visualization in patients with normal SPECT stress myocardial perfusion imaging: Correlation with CT coronary artery calcium scoring and coronary angiography.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2021 Jul 6. pii: 10.1007/s12350-021-02704.
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NORIKANE T, Yamamoto Y, Takami Y, Mitamura K, et al
Whole-body PET angiography on semiconductor PET/CT.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2021 Jul 6. pii: 10.1007/s12350-021-02708.
PubMed

June 2021

FANG W, Hsu B
Myocardial blood flow quantitation with the SPECT technique: Is it ready to be a substitute for PET myocardial blood flow quantitation?
J Nucl Cardiol. 2021 Jun 27. pii: 10.1007/s12350-021-02697.
PubMed

ZERAHN B, Haarmark C
Cardiac CZT-SPECT: More than left ventricular imaging.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2021 Jun 24. pii: 10.1007/s12350-021-02701.
PubMed

THOMAS M, Spertus JA, Kennedy KF, Thompson RC, et al
Reasons for discordance between positron emission tomography (PET) myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) results and subsequent management.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2021 Jun 24. pii: 10.1007/s12350-021-02695.
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PRIMUS CP, Clay TA, McCue MS, Wong K, et al
(18)F-FDG PET/CT improves diagnostic certainty in native and prosthetic valve Infective Endocarditis over the modified Duke Criteria.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2021 Jun 24. pii: 10.1007/s12350-021-02689.
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KAWAKUBO M, Nagao M, Yamamoto A, Nakao R, et al
(13)N-ammonia positron emission tomography-derived endocardial strain for the assessment of ischemia using feature-tracking in high-resolution cine imaging.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2021 Jun 11. pii: 10.1007/s12350-021-02677.
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ALJAROUDI WA, Hage FG
Review of cardiovascular imaging in the Journal of Nuclear Cardiology 2020: positron emission tomography, computed tomography, and magnetic resonance.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2021 Jun 8. pii: 10.1007/s12350-021-02685.
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CHEN X, Zhou B, Shi L, Liu H, et al
CT-free attenuation correction for dedicated cardiac SPECT using a 3D dual squeeze-and-excitation residual dense network.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2021 Jun 3. pii: 10.1007/s12350-021-02672.
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KOOSHKI N, Grambow-Velilla J, Mahida B, Benali K, et al
Diagnostic performance of White Blood Cell SPECT imaging against intra-operative findings in patients with a suspicion of prosthetic valve endocarditis.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2021 Jun 3. pii: 10.1007/s12350-021-02674.
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CME INSTRUCTIONS: Prognostic value of coronary flow reserve in patients with suspected or known coronary artery disease referred to PET myocardial perfusion imaging: A meta-analysis.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2021;28:901-903.
PubMed

May 2021

ROBSON PM, Kaufman A, Pruzan A, Dweck MR, et al
Scan-rescan measurement repeatability of (18)F-FDG PET/MR imaging of vascular inflammation.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2021 May 27. pii: 10.1007/s12350-021-02627.
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CAMPISI R, Merani MF, Rodriguez MI
Correction to: BMIPP SPECT in cardiac sarcoidosis: A marker of risk?
J Nucl Cardiol. 2021 May 25. pii: 10.1007/s12350-021-02669.
PubMed

QUTBI M, Soltanshahi M, FarokhiMoghadam F, Ramandi FL, et al
Polarity status of trigger signal during ECG-gating affects parameters of LV function in gated myocardial perfusion SPECT.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2021 May 25. pii: 10.1007/s12350-021-02675.
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GAZZILLI M, Albano D, Lucchini S, Peli A, et al
New criteria for the diagnosis of infective endocarditis using 18F-FDG PET/CT imaging.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2021 May 25. pii: 10.1007/s12350-021-02663.
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RAUBA J, Harland D, Ajam T, Port S, et al
What is this image? 2021: Image 6 result : The curious case of the hidden liver: Polycystic liver disease as depicted on planar projection images of a Tc-99m Sestamibi SPECT MPI study.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2021 May 19. pii: 10.1007/s12350-021-02636.
PubMed

MANABE O, Tamaki N
Potential roles of (123)I-BMIPP SPECT to assess cardiac sarcoidosis.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2021 May 14. pii: 10.1007/s12350-021-02654.
PubMed

APERT A, Canu M, Jankowski A, Riou L, et al
Comparison of Cadmium Zinc Telluride ECG-gated SPECT equilibrium radionuclide angiocardiography to magnetic resonance imaging to measure right ventricular volumes and ejection fraction in patients with cardiomyopathy.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2021 May 14. pii: 10.1007/s12350-021-02653.
PubMed Abstract available

LIN K, Chen X, Xue Q, Yao S, et al
Diffuse uptake of [(68)Ga]Ga-FAPI in the left heart in a patient with hypertensive heart disease by PET/CT.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2021 May 14. pii: 10.1007/s12350-021-02646.
PubMed

PIRI R, Edenbrandt L, Larsson M, Enqvist O, et al
Aortic wall segmentation in (18)F-sodium fluoride PET/CT scans: Head-to-head comparison of artificial intelligence-based versus manual segmentation.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2021 May 12. pii: 10.1007/s12350-021-02649.
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GANDHI R, Bell M, Bailey M, Tsoumpas C, et al
Prospect of positron emission tomography for abdominal aortic aneurysm risk stratification.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2021 May 11. pii: 10.1007/s12350-021-02616.
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TSHORI S, Livschitz S, Volodarsky I, Goland S, et al
Transthyretin Cardiac Amyloidosis Scintigraphy Using Planar D-SPECT on Dedicated Cardiac CZT Camera.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2021 May 11. pii: 10.1007/s12350-021-02651.
PubMed Abstract available

BRUNKEN RC
The abnormal right ventricle: Relevant on low risk SPECT perfusion images?
J Nucl Cardiol. 2021 May 11. pii: 10.1007/s12350-021-02647.
PubMed

CAO J, Yang Y
(18)F-FDG PET/CT detected recurrent renal cell carcinoma presenting with cardiac metastasis.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2021 May 11. pii: 10.1007/s12350-021-02652.
PubMed

AIKAWA T, Ibe T, Manabe O, Oyama-Manabe N, et al
Right ventricular involvement of cardiac sarcoidosis: A comprehensive evaluation using cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging and positron emission tomography.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2021 May 7. pii: 10.1007/s12350-021-02655.
PubMed

DIXIT P, Ananthasubramaniam K
No shortcuts with left bundle branch block and myocardial perfusion imaging: Lesson learnt with dobutamine cardiac PET.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2021 May 6. pii: 10.1007/s12350-021-02640.
PubMed

BANDYOPADHYAY D, Gerard P, Jain D
Significance of (123)I-mIBG SPECT cardiac imaging in heart failure.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2021 May 4. pii: 10.1007/s12350-021-02643.
PubMed

SIEKKINEN R, Kirjavainen AK, Koskensalo K, Smith NAS, et al
Assessment of a digital and an analog PET/CT system for accurate myocardial perfusion imaging with a flow phantom.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2021 May 4. pii: 10.1007/s12350-021-02631.
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RAO Z, Wu J, Jiang G, Zhang C, et al
Cardiac metastasis from esophageal carcinoma detected on (18)F-FDG PET/CT and (68)Ga-FAPI PET/CT scan.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2021 May 4. pii: 10.1007/s12350-021-02645.
PubMed

April 2021

SAZONOVA SI, Syrkina AG, Mochula OV, Anashbaev ZZ, et al
Subacute myocardial infarction detected by technetium-99m-labeled somatostatin analog scintigraphy.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2021 Apr 30. pii: 10.1007/s12350-021-02644.
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ZAVADOVSKY KV, Mochula AV, Maltseva AN, Shipulin VV, et al
The current status of CZT SPECT myocardial blood flow and reserve assessment: Tips and tricks.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2021 Apr 30. pii: 10.1007/s12350-021-02620.
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ALJAROUDI W
Gastric wall uptake and attenuation artifact in 99m-Tc sestamibi SPECT: Hold the proton pump inhibitors!
J Nucl Cardiol. 2021 Apr 30. pii: 10.1007/s12350-021-02528.
PubMed

MOTWANI M
You might be correct, but it makes no difference: No impact of attenuation correction for SPECT MPI on downstream testing.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2021 Apr 28. pii: 10.1007/s12350-021-02622.
PubMed

YANG X, Hu Z, You Z, Chen Y, et al
Mediastinal diffuse large B-cell lymphoma mimicking invasive thymoma on (68)Ga-FAPI PET/CT.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2021 Apr 28. pii: 10.1007/s12350-021-02623.
PubMed

CAMPISI R, Merani MF, Rodriguez MI
BMIPP SPECT in cardiac sarcoidosis: A marker of risk?
J Nucl Cardiol. 2021 Apr 26. pii: 10.1007/s12350-021-02626.
PubMed

HUTT E, Jaber WA, Fares M
Asymptomatic STEMI during PET stress testing: First report in a patient with heart transplant.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2021 Apr 26. pii: 10.1007/s12350-021-02625.
PubMed

MURAO M, Norikane T, Chujo K, Takami Y, et al
Clinical significance of PET angiography in Takayasu arteritis.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2021 Apr 22. pii: 10.1007/s12350-021-02619.
PubMed

CHUJO K, Norikane T, Murao M, Takami Y, et al
Incidental (18)F-FDG myocardial uptake revealed as physiological lesion by (18)F-FLT PET/CT.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2021 Apr 22. pii: 10.1007/s12350-021-02618.
PubMed

BONNEFOY PB, Janvier L, Arede C, Drouet C, et al
Reduced acquisition time for thallium myocardial perfusion imaging with large field cadmium-zinc-telluride SPECT/CT cameras: An equivalence study.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2021 Apr 22. pii: 10.1007/s12350-021-02611.
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SANTARELLI MF, Genovesi D, Scipioni M, Positano V, et al
Cardiac amyloidosis characterization by kinetic model fitting on [18F]florbetaben PET images.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2021 Apr 16. pii: 10.1007/s12350-021-02608.
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VALZANIA C, Mei R, Biffi M
Three-dimensional left ventricular mechanical dyssynchrony assessed by myocardial perfusion gated-SPECT: Is there a role in cardiac resynchronization therapy?
J Nucl Cardiol. 2021 Apr 16. pii: 10.1007/s12350-021-02614.
PubMed

AHMADI R, Qutbi M
Profound gating error and flattened time-volume curve from inefficient triggering from improper setting of ECG leads in myocardial perfusion SPECT.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2021 Apr 13. pii: 10.1007/s12350-021-02615.
PubMed

MORENO-BALLESTEROS A, Lojo-Ramirez JA, Jimenez-Hoyuela-Garcia JM
18F-FDG PET/CT focal cardiac uptake: An unsuspected Chiari's network.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2021 Apr 13. pii: 10.1007/s12350-021-02605.
PubMed

JOSE A, Zhou C, Baker R, Walker J, et al
Predictive value of incidental right ventricular abnormalities identified on SPECT for mortality and pulmonary hypertension.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2021 Apr 13. pii: 10.1007/s12350-021-02612.
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AYERS MP, Peruri AV, Bourque JM
Transforming ATTR cardiac amyloidosis into a chronic disease: The enormous potential of quantitative SPECT to improve diagnosis, prognosis, and monitoring of disease progression.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2021 Apr 13. pii: 10.1007/s12350-021-02587.
PubMed

LIU Y, Tao Y, Wang F, Huang Z, et al
Mediastinum-type lung cancer on 68Ga-FAPI PET/CT with cardiac insufficiency as the first symptom.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2021 Apr 6. pii: 10.1007/s12350-021-02601.
PubMed

PROMTEANGTRONG C, Jantarato A, Kunawudhi A, Kiatkittikul P, et al
Clinical impact of quantitative [(15)O] H2O PET/CT myocardial perfusion imaging on decision-making regarding invasive management of coronary artery disease.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2021 Apr 6. pii: 10.1007/s12350-021-02604.
PubMed Abstract available

BORGES-ROSA J, Oliveira-Santos M, Silva R, da Silva NP, et al
Cardiac microcalcification burden: Global assessment in high cardiovascular risk subjects with Na[(18)F]F PET-CT.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2021 Apr 6. pii: 10.1007/s12350-021-02600.
PubMed Abstract available

TANG H, Bober RR, Zhao C, Zhang C, et al
3D fusion between fluoroscopy angiograms and SPECT myocardial perfusion images to guide percutaneous coronary intervention.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2021 Apr 6. pii: 10.1007/s12350-021-02574.
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TEKLU M, Mehta NN
FDG-PET in ischemic strokes of unknown origin: Have we found the needle in the haystack?
J Nucl Cardiol. 2021 Apr 6. pii: 10.1007/s12350-021-02598.
PubMed

March 2021

BATEMAN TM, Heller GV, Beanlands R, Calnon DA, et al
Practical guide for interpreting and reporting cardiac PET measurements of myocardial blood flow: an Information Statement from the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology, and the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2021 Mar 30. pii: 10.1007/s12350-021-02552.
PubMed

VAN TOSH A, Nichols KJ
(82)Rb PET/CT left ventricular mass computations.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2021 Mar 21. pii: 10.1007/s12350-021-02593.
PubMed

GARCIA EV, Nye JA
Moving forward with motion reduction, detection and correction in cardiac PET.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2021 Mar 21. pii: 10.1007/s12350-021-02599.
PubMed

TANI Y, Norikane T, Takami Y, Mitamura K, et al
Potential utility of (18)F-NaF PET/CT in cardiac amyloidosis.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2021 Mar 21. pii: 10.1007/s12350-021-02585.
PubMed

BIANCO M, Parente A, Biole C, Righetti C, et al
The prevalence of TTR cardiac amyloidosis among patients undergoing bone scintigraphy.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2021 Mar 16. pii: 10.1007/s12350-021-02575.
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YAMAMOTO A, Nagao M, Watanabe E, Imamura Y, et al
Prognosis and recurrence in cardiac sarcoidosis: Serial assessment of BMIPP SPECT and FDG-PET.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2021 Mar 16. pii: 10.1007/s12350-021-02567.
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MAYURASAKORN S, Kiatkittikul P, Chotipanich C, Promteangtrong C, et al
Imaging an ATTR cardiac amyloidosis patient using fluorine-18 sodium fluoride PET/CT: A case report.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2021 Mar 15. pii: 10.1007/s12350-021-02568.
PubMed

MILLER RJH, Cadet S, Mah D, Pournazari P, et al
Diagnostic and prognostic value of Technetium-99m pyrophosphate uptake quantitation for transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2021 Mar 10. pii: 10.1007/s12350-021-02563.
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LEE BC
Cardiac (15)O-water PET: Does mismatched attenuation correction not matter?
J Nucl Cardiol. 2021 Mar 9. pii: 10.1007/s12350-021-02573.
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WOODARD PK
Assessment of myocardial sympathetic innervation with (18)F-FDOPA-PET/CT in patients with autonomic dysfunction: Feasibility study in IPD patients.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2021 Mar 9. pii: 10.1007/s12350-021-02572.
PubMed

JING R, Sun XX, Hua W, Chen L, et al
Global and regional cardiac dysfunction quantified by (18)F-FDG PET scans can predict ventricular arrhythmia in patients with implantable cardioverter defibrillator.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2021 Mar 9. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02515.
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KUDO T, Nessipkhan AE
Modalities for predicting events in patients with ICDs: Expanding the versatility of FDG PET.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2021 Mar 9. pii: 10.1007/s12350-021-02569.
PubMed

KITAGAWA T, Nakano Y
Innovative atherosclerosis imaging using (18)F-NaF PET/CT: Its clinical potential.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2021 Mar 8. pii: 10.1007/s12350-021-02576.
PubMed

FERNANDEZ-GARCIA V, Bosca L
Use of (11)C-acetate PET imaging in the evaluation of advanced atherogenic lesions.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2021 Mar 4. pii: 10.1007/s12350-021-02562.
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YANG Y, Chen P, Liu L, Lin J, et al
The value of 18F-FDG PET/CT in evaluating the efficacy of chemotherapy for diffuse large B-cell lymphoma with cardiac involvement.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2021 Mar 3. pii: 10.1007/s12350-021-02551.
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NORDSTROM J, Harms HJ, Kero T, Sorensen J, et al
Influence of patient motion on quantitative accuracy in cardiac (15)O-water positron emission tomography.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2021 Mar 2. pii: 10.1007/s12350-021-02550.
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KOENDERS SS, van Dijk JD, Jager PL, Mouden M, et al
Effect of temporal sampling protocols on myocardial blood flow measurements using Rubidium-82 PET.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2021 Mar 2. pii: 10.1007/s12350-021-02555.
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February 2021

FIZ F, Piccardo A, Morbelli S, Bottoni G, et al
Longitudinal analysis of atherosclerotic plaques evolution: an (18)F-NaF PET/CT study.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2021 Feb 25. pii: 10.1007/s12350-021-02556.
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JUNEAU D, Pelletier-Galarneau M
Assessment of myocardial inflammation post-infarct with PET/MRI: Getting into the nitty-gritty.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2021 Feb 24. pii: 10.1007/s12350-021-02558.
PubMed

KULTERER OC, Hacker M
Fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose PET/CT is a suitable instrument to show the effects of lipid metabolism disorders on metabolic networks in the living organism.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2021 Feb 24. pii: 10.1007/s12350-021-02543.
PubMed

MALAHFJI M, Ahmed AI, Han Y, Jung AK, et al
Left ventricular mass on positron emission tomography: Validation against cardiovascular magnetic resonance.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2021 Feb 24. pii: 10.1007/s12350-021-02537.
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DOI T, Nakata T, Noto T, Mita T, et al
Improved risk-stratification in heart failure patients with mid-range to severe abnormalities of QRS duration and systolic function using mechanical dyssynchrony assessed by myocardial perfusion-gated SPECT.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2021 Feb 24. pii: 10.1007/s12350-021-02554.
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SATAPATHY S, Kumar R, Kavanal AJ, Krishnaraju VS, et al
COVID-19 related multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C): Role of (18)F-FDG PET/CT to assess myocardial involvement.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2021 Feb 23. pii: 10.1007/s12350-021-02540.
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ALTAWIL M, Greenberg J, Ananthasubramaniam K
Gated SPECT left ventricular shape and prediction of super responders to cardiac resynchronization therapy: Not so easy as it (LV) looks.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2021 Feb 19. pii: 10.1007/s12350-021-02548.
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BAGHDADI Y, Di Dea MT, Moadel RM, Travin MI, et al
A potential artifact to consider when performing (99m)Tc-sestamibi myocardial perfusion SPECT imaging in patients with multiple myeloma.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2021 Feb 19. pii: 10.1007/s12350-021-02536.
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ARMSTRONG IS, Memmott MJ, Hayden C, Arumugam P, et al
The prevalence of image degradation due to motion in rest-stress rubidium-82 imaging on a SiPM PET-CT system.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2021 Feb 19. pii: 10.1007/s12350-021-02531.
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BERNHARD B, Grani C
18F-FDG PET/CT imaging in the workup of cardiac and pericardial masses.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2021 Feb 18. pii: 10.1007/s12350-021-02539.
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CAMONI L, Cerudelli E
First-pass cardiac PET: Potentiality and limitations.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2021 Feb 18. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02476.
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VIDULA MK, Selvaraj S, Guerraty MA
Cardiopulmonary transit time: Reinforcing the case for positron emission tomography after heart transplantation.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2021 Feb 1. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02514.
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SCRIMA G, D'Amico M, Bertuccio G, Canavese G, et al
Safety measures and clinical outcome of Nuclear Cardiology Department during Covid-19 lockdown pandemic: Northern Italy experience.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2021;28:331-335.
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VEERANNA V, Freeman AM
The magic of improved crystal technology coupled with better resolution: Novel imaging findings may promise improved disease detection.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2021;28:328-330.
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SCHELBERT HR
On the Relativity of Dipyridamole and Dobutamine Flows.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2021;28:46-49.
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MALHOTRA S, Doukky R
Challenges in prediction of right ventricular failure among recipients of a left ventricular assist device.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2021;28:309-310.
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BULLOCK-PALMER RP
Diagnosing cardiac amyloidosis: A wealth of new possibilities with nuclear cardiac imaging.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2021;28:219-224.
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SHARIR T, Hollander I, Kovalski G
Can phase analysis of gated myocardial perfusion single-photon emission computed tomography predict adverse outcome in cardiac sarcoidosis?
J Nucl Cardiol. 2021;28:137-139.
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NAKAJIMA K, Yoneyama H, Slomka P
Beware the pitfalls of beauty: High-quality myocardial images with resolution recovery.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2021;28:245-248.
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ROMERO-FARINA G, Aguade-Bruix S
Perspective and future direction of intraventricular mechanical dyssynchrony assessment.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2021;28:65-71.
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January 2021

BOURQUE JM, Hanson CA, Agostini D, Bateman TM, et al
Assessing myocardial perfusion in suspected coronary artery disease: rationale and design of the second phase 3, open-label multi-center study of flurpiridaz (F-18) injection for positron emission tomography (PET) imaging.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2021 Jan 31. pii: 10.1007/s12350-021-02527.
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HE Z, de Amorim Fernandes F, do Nascimento EA, Garcia EV, et al
Incremental value of left ventricular shape parameters measured by gated SPECT MPI in predicting the super-response to CRT.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2021 Jan 27. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02469.
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ZHANG F, Wang J, Shao X, Xu M, et al
Longitudinal evaluation of diastolic dyssynchrony by SPECT gated myocardial perfusion imaging early after acute myocardial infarction and the relationship with left ventricular remodeling progression in a swine model.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2021 Jan 27. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02483.
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SCHINDLER TH, Haq A, Jain S
Added value gated PET with phase analysis for the detection of scar burden and prognostication in cardiac sarcoidosis?
J Nucl Cardiol. 2021 Jan 27. pii: 10.1007/s12350-021-02530.
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SINGH V, Dorbala S
Positron emission tomography for cardiac amyloidosis: Timing matters!
J Nucl Cardiol. 2021 Jan 27. pii: 10.1007/s12350-021-02524.
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BOBBIO E, Dudas A, Bergstrom A, Esposito D, et al
Incidental cardiac findings on somatostatin receptor PET/CT: What do they indicate and are they of clinical relevance?
J Nucl Cardiol. 2021 Jan 27. pii: 10.1007/s12350-021-02526.
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SMAILOVIC H, Wilk B, Wisenberg G, Sykes J, et al
Simultaneous measurements of myocardial glucose metabolism and extracellular volumes with hybrid PET/MRI using concurrent injections of Gd-DTPA and [(18)F]FDG.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2021 Jan 27. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02486.
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ZHANG X
Response to the comment on "Assessment of cerebral glucose metabolism in patients with heart failure by 18F-FDG PET/CT imaging".
J Nucl Cardiol. 2021 Jan 27. pii: 10.1007/s12350-021-02525.
PubMed

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[(11)C]meta-hydroxyephedrine PET evaluation in experimental pulmonary arterial hypertension: Effects of carvedilol of right ventricular sympathetic function.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2021 Jan 26. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02494.
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ALEXANDERSON-ROSAS E, Hernandez-Sandoval S
Gated SPECT beyond myocardial perfusion: assessment of mechanical left ventricular synchrony.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2021 Jan 20. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02518.
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ELWAZIR MY, Bird JG, AbouEzzeddine OF, Chareonthaitawee P, et al
Performance of cardiac PET/CT with and without phase analysis for detection of scar in cardiac sarcoidosis: Comparison to cardiac magnetic resonance imaging.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2021 Jan 20. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02473.
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VAN DER BIJL P, Delgado V, Bax JJ
Diastolic dyssynchrony by SPECT: A novel parameter to predict post-infarct adverse remodeling.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2021 Jan 20. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02484.
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YIN H, Mao W, Tan H, Zhu N, et al
Role of (18)F-FDG PET/CT imaging in cardiac and pericardial masses.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2021 Jan 18. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02510.
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MIKAIL N, Meseguer E, Lavallee P, Klein I, et al
Evaluation of non-stenotic carotid atherosclerotic plaques with combined FDG-PET imaging and CT angiography in patients with ischemic stroke of unknown origin.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2021 Jan 18. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02511.
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WILK B, Smailovic H, Wisenberg G, Sykes J, et al
Tracking the progress of inflammation with PET/MRI in a canine model of myocardial infarction.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2021 Jan 18. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02487.
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PONTICO M, Brunotti G, Conte M, Corica F, et al
The prognostic value of (123)I-mIBG SPECT cardiac imaging in heart failure patients: a systematic review.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2021 Jan 13. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02501.
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GOYAL H, Sharma A, Patel C, Deepak KK, et al
Assessment of myocardial sympathetic innervation with 18F-FDOPA-PET/CT in patients with autonomic dysfunction: feasibility study in IPD patients.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2021 Jan 10. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02474.
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ABAZID RM, Romsa JG, Warrington JC, Akincioglu C, et al
Complementary role of hybrid imaging with SPECT myocardial perfusion and coronary CT angiography in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2021 Jan 6. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02497.
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VIDULA MK, Han Y, Litt H, Bravo PE, et al
Left ventricular mural thrombus appearing as a photopenic defect on myocardial viability PET imaging.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2021 Jan 5. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02480.
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HARMS HJ, Bravo PE, Bajaj NS, Zhou W, et al
Cardiopulmonary transit time: A novel PET imaging biomarker of in vivo physiology for risk stratification of heart transplant recipients.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2021 Jan 4. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02465.
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BENZ DC, Buechel RR, Dorbala S
(18)F-sodium fluoride PET in multiple myeloma: Linking cancer to atherosclerosis?
J Nucl Cardiol. 2021 Jan 4. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02447.
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MAZZOLETTI A, Albano D, Bertagna F, Mesquita CT, et al
Comparison of left ventricle mechanical dyssynchrony parameters in ischemic and non-ischemic patients using 13N-NH3 PET/CT.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2021 Jan 4. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02466.
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JIANG M, Chen P, Zheng J
Primary cardiac angiosarcoma with thrombosis and multiple bone marrow metastases mimicking lymphoma on (18)F-FDG PET/CT.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2021 Jan 3. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02462.
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OTAKI Y, Fish MB, Miller RJH, Lemley M, et al
Prognostic value of early left ventricular ejection fraction reserve during regadenoson stress solid-state SPECT-MPI.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2021 Jan 3. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02420.
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VIGDOR A, Bravo PE
Mechanical Dyssynchrony with Gated Myocardial Perfusion SPECT: Reproducibility is the Key.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2021 Jan 3. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02463.
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ARANI LS, Zirakchian Zadeh M, Saboury B, Revheim ME, et al
Assessment of atherosclerosis in multiple myeloma and smoldering myeloma patients using (18)F- sodium fluoride PET/CT.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2021 Jan 3. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02446.
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LADES G, Carpenet H, Benoit U, Aboyans V, et al
Tc-99m HMDP bone scintigraphy for cardiac amyloidosis diagnosis: A false positive case.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2021 Jan 3. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02451.
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JUNEAU D, Wu KY, Kaps N, Yao J, et al
Internal validation of myocardial flow reserve PET imaging using stress/rest myocardial activity ratios with Rb-82 and N-13-ammonia.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2021 Jan 3. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02464.
PubMed Abstract available

FEHER A, Sinusas AJ
Evaluation of cardiac allograft vasculopathy by positron emission tomography.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2021 Jan 3. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02438.
PubMed Abstract available

DE OLIVEIRA BRITO JB, deKemp RA, Ruddy TD
Evolving use of PET viability imaging.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2021 Jan 1. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02460.
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December 2020

BAKULA A, Patriki D, von Felten E, Benetos G, et al
Splenic switch-off as a novel marker for adenosine response in nitrogen-13 ammonia PET myocardial perfusion imaging: Cross-validation against CMR using a hybrid PET/MR device.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Dec 22. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02448.
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SAG SJM, Menhart K, Grosse J, Hitzenbichler F, et al
Diagnostic value of FDG PET/CT imaging in patients with surgically managed infective endocarditis: results of a retrospective analysis at a tertiary center.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Dec 22. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02457.
PubMed Abstract available

CME INSTRUCTIONS: Hybrid PET/MR Imaging in Myocardial Inflammation Post-myocardial Infarction.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020;27:2080-2082.
PubMed

SUTHERLAND DEK
It's a small world after all: A Canadian resident's perspective on COVID-19.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020;27:2283-2286.
PubMed Abstract available

NAHRENDORF M, Abbate A, Narula J
Deciphering post-infarct inflammation: Should it heal, would it hurt?
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020;27:2100-2102.
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LEE JC, Better N
Splenic response ratio in vasodilator myocardial perfusion imaging.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020;27:2438.
PubMed

BENZ DC, Buechel RR
The winding road towards respiratory motion correction: is this just another dead-end or do we finally get breathing under control?
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020;27:2231-2233.
PubMed

HULTEN EA
Hepatic radiotracer: Still difficult to suppress?
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020;27:2349-2350.
PubMed

WARDAK M
(68)Ga-labeled exendin-4 to image cardiac repair after myocardial infarction: From lizard venom to laboratory and beyond.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020;27:2398-2401.
PubMed

MASSARDO T
Auxiliary ischemic markers, the role of left ventricular dyssynchrony.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020;27:2269-2272.
PubMed

TERESINSKA A
I-123-MIBG cardiac innervation imaging in patients with atrial fibrillation.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020;27:1951-1954.
PubMed

CAOBELLI F
Anatomical and functional assessment of coronary artery disease in patients with stable angina: Which is the gold standard?
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020;27:2360-2364.
PubMed

SALIMIAN S
Left ventricular mechanical dyssynchrony under stress: Isn't it time to conduct a prospective multicenter study?
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020;27:2258-2260.
PubMed

KUMAR V
Right ventricular sympathetic dysfunction in arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy: News or noise?
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020;27:2410-2411.
PubMed

SCIAGRA R
Transient ischemic dilation in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: A complex sign in a complex disease.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020;27:2044-2047.
PubMed

GIORGETTI A, Marzullo P
Children of a lesser god: From radiocardiogram to CZT GSPECT.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020;27:2027-2030.
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NESTEROV SV, Knuuti J
How accurate is the accuracy?
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020;27:1967-1969.
PubMed

November 2020

WANG Q
Comment on "Assessment of cerebral glucose metabolism in patients with heart failure by 18F-FDG PET/CT imaging".
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Nov 25. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02410.
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YANG Y, Lin J, Liu L, Huang S, et al
18F-FDG PET/CT detected mediastinal small-cell neuroendocrine carcinoma with all cardiac cavities metastases.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Nov 25. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02443.
PubMed

CUDDY SAM
Editorial: (18)F-Fluoride PET/MR in cardiac amyloid; simple addition versus synergy?
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Nov 17. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02437.
PubMed

GEWIRTZ H
The "fixed" SPECT MPI defect: Where are we and where should we be going?
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Nov 11. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02434.
PubMed Abstract available

MESQUITA CT, Peix A, de Amorim Fernandes F, Giubbini R, et al
Clinical and gated SPECT MPI parameters associated with super-response to cardiac resynchronization therapy.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Nov 5. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02414.
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GOWDAR S, Hussain N, Ahlberg AW, Elsadany M, et al
Non-traditional factors affecting referral for coronary angiography following SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Nov 5. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02419.
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NORDSTROM J, Harms HJ, Kero T, Ebrahimi M, et al
Effect of PET-CT misalignment on the quantitative accuracy of cardiac (15)O-water PET.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Nov 4. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02408.
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ZHANG LX, Martineau P, Finnerty V, Giraldeau G, et al
Comparison of 18F-sodium fluoride positron emission tomography imaging and 99mTc-pyrophosphate in cardiac amyloidosis.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Nov 4. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02425.
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NAPPI C, Ponsiglione A, Imbriaco M, Cuocolo A, et al
(18)F-FDG PET/CMR in cardiac sarcoidosis: A wild card in the deck?
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Nov 3. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02427.
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HAIDER A, Bengs S, Gebhard C, Fiechter M, et al
Hybrid positron emission tomography and magnetic resonance imaging in carotid atherosclerosis: Not ready for prime time?
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Nov 3. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02426.
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MECHTOUFF L, Sigovan M, Douek P, Costes N, et al
Simultaneous assessment of microcalcifications and morphological criteria of vulnerability in carotid artery plaque using hybrid (18)F-NaF PET/MRI.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Nov 3. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02400.
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CANTONI V, Green R, Cuocolo A
Prone-only SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging: An alternative standard in clinical practice?
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Nov 2. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02423.
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YANG Y, Wang Y, Lin J, Liu L, et al
The diagnostic value of FDG PET/CT in Takayasu arteritis.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Nov 1. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02412.
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October 2020

POTERUCHA TJ, Elias P, Ruberg FL, DeLuca A, et al
The importance of SPECT cardiac reconstruction for accurate (99m)Tc-pyrophosphate interpretation in TTR amyloidosis.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Oct 28. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02409.
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ZAVADOVSKY KV, Mochula AV, Maltseva AN, Boshchenko AA, et al
The diagnostic value of SPECT CZT quantitative myocardial blood flow in high-risk patients.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Oct 23. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02395.
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SUOMALAINEN O, Pilv J, Loimaala A, Matzke S, et al
Prognostic significance of incidental suspected transthyretin amyloidosis on routine bone scintigraphy.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Oct 22. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02396.
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RASUL S, Beitzke D, Wollenweber T, Rausch I, et al
Assessment of left and right ventricular functional parameters using dynamic dual-tracer [(13)N]NH3 and [(18)F]FDG PET/MRI.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Oct 22. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02391.
PubMed Abstract available

WANG J, Li JM, Li S, Hsu B, et al
Absolute Resting (13)N-Ammonia PET Myocardial Blood Flow for Predicting Myocardial Viability and Recovery of Ventricular Function after Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Oct 21. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02388.
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SMITH P, Farag A, Bhambhvani P, Iskandrian A, et al
Prognostic value of absent left ventricular ejection fraction reserve with regadenoson SPECT MPI.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Oct 21. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02390.
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VIDULA MK, Wiener P, Selvaraj S, Khan MS, et al
Diagnostic accuracy of SPECT and PET myocardial perfusion imaging in patients with left bundle branch block or ventricular-paced rhythm.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Oct 20. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02398.
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DE AMORIM FERNANDES F, Peix A, Giubbini R, Karthikeyan G, et al
Reproducibility of global LV function and dyssynchrony parameters derived from phase analysis of gated myocardial perfusion SPECT: A multicenter comparison with core laboratory setting.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Oct 20. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02397.
PubMed Abstract available

ARMSTRONG IS
What is the optimal activity ratio for same-day myocardial perfusion SPECT?
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Oct 20. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02386.
PubMed

HAJJ S, Shah K, Gryaznov A
Potential use of Rubidium-82 PET to differentiate neoplasms from inflammatory lesion: Case report.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Oct 19. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02394.
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HARLAND DR, Galazka PZ, Rasmussen J, Mahlum D, et al
Feasibility of exercise treadmill (13)N-ammonia positron emission tomography myocardial perfusion imaging using an off-site cyclotron.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Oct 18. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02366.
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PIEKARSKI E, Mahida B, Rouzet F, Le Guludec D, et al
FDG PET/CT in CIEDs infection: Don't wait any longer!
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Oct 14. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02377.
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HUTT E, Jaber WA, Jellis C, Mountis MM, et al
Novel dietary protocol prior to 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography to evaluate for cardiac sarcoidosis.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Oct 14. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02392.
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LAMA VON BUCHWALD C, Sanghani R
PET myocardial perfusion imaging in the diagnosis of apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Oct 9. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02344.
PubMed

KHAN MS, Arif AW, Doukky R
The prognostic implications of ST-segment and T-wave abnormalities in patients undergoing regadenoson stress SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Oct 8. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02382.
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AHMED AI, Han Y, Soliman A, Al-Mallah MH, et al
Multimodality imaging of a patient with single coronary artery: CTA, FFRCT, SPECT, and beyond.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Oct 6. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02370.
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BEKENDAM MT, Vermeltfoort IAC, Kop WJ, Widdershoven JW, et al
Psychological factors of suspect coronary microvascular dysfunction in patients undergoing SPECT imaging.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Oct 6. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02360.
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PAPATHANASIOU M, Kessler L, Carpinteiro A, Hagenacker T, et al
(18)F-flutemetamol positron emission tomography in cardiac amyloidosis.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Oct 6. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02363.
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FANG W, Hsu B
Myocardial blood flow quantitation with the SPECT technique: Where do we stand?
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Oct 6. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02373.
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OKUNE M, Yasuda M, Soejima N, Kagioka Y, et al
Diagnostic utility of fusion (18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/cardiac magnetic resonance imaging in cardiac sarcoidosis.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Oct 1. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02359.
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ANGELIDIS G, Valotassiou V, Psimadas D, Georgoulias P, et al
A second wave of COVID-19 infections should not lead to a new disruption of services in nuclear cardiology.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020;27:1832-1833.
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SKALI H, Murthy VL, Paez D, Choi EM, et al
Guidance and best practices for reestablishment of non-emergent care in nuclear cardiology laboratories during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic: An information statement from ASNC, IAEA, and SNMMI : Endorsed by the Infectious Diseases
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020;27:1855-1862.
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NUNN A, Oehlberg P
Rb-82 generator yield.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020;27:1743.
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BOKHARI S, Cerqueira MD
Tc-99m-PYP imaging for cardiac amyloidosis: Defining the best protocol before the flood gates burst.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020;27:1816-1819.
PubMed

VAN DECKER WA
Generator science and pragmatics: The "nuclear" in nuclear cardiology.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020;27:1739-1742.
PubMed

MCMAHON SR, Duvall WL
Is the PPI responsible for that inferior MI?
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020;27:1620-1621.
PubMed

ZIADI MC, de Kemp R, Beanlands RSB, Small GR, et al
Looking for trouble: Reduced myocardial flow reserve following anthracyclines.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020;27:1708-1713.
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PORT S
Taking a deeper dive into MPI: There's more there than meets the eye.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020;27:1592-1595.
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GUPTA K, Hage FG, McConathy J, Bajaj NS, et al
Measurement of blood flow in myocardial layers: A step toward comprehensive physiological evaluation.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020;27:1675-1678.
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ROCHLANI Y, Khan MH, Gerard P, Jain D, et al
Left ventricular dyssynchrony in diabetes mellitus.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020;27:1649-1651.
PubMed

THOMAS GS, Medina CA
Examining a novel threshold for defining electrocardiographic ischemia with vasodilator stress.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020;27:1533-1536.
PubMed

WERNER RA
Cardiac innervation imaging as a risk stratification tool for potential device therapy candidates.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020;27:1798-1801.
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September 2020

MANABE Y, Norikane T, Murota M, Mitamura K, et al
Reverse redistribution on (201)Tl SPECT in a patient with coronary artery ectasia.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Sep 30. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02361.
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NESTEROV SV, Knuuti JM
(82)Rb-PET MPQ: Do normal values exist?
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Sep 30. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02362.
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ANDREWS JPM, Trivieri MG, Everett R, Spath N, et al
18F-fluoride PET/MR in cardiac amyloid: A comparison study with aortic stenosis and age- and sex-matched controls.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Sep 30. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02356.
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LIU L, Abdu FA, Yin G, Xu B, et al
Prognostic value of myocardial perfusion imaging with D-SPECT camera in patients with ischemia and no obstructive coronary artery disease (INOCA).
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Sep 30. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02252.
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JIANG G, Liu H, Wu J, Zhang C, et al
Granulomatosis with polyangiitis mimicking cardiac malignancy on (18)F-FDG PET/CT.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Sep 30. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02331.
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SIEBERMAIR J, Kohler MI, Kupusovic J, Nekolla SG, et al
Cardiac fibroblast activation detected by Ga-68 FAPI PET imaging as a potential novel biomarker of cardiac injury/remodeling.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Sep 25. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02307.
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KOENDERS SS, van Dalen JA, van Dijk JD
The next step in improving (semi-)quantitative MPI PET.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Sep 17. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02346.
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KLEIN E, Miller RJH, Sharir T, Einstein AJ, et al
Automated quantitative analysis of CZT SPECT stratifies cardiovascular risk in the obese population: Analysis of the REFINE SPECT registry.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Sep 14. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02334.
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MILLER RJH, Berman DS
Defining the role for PET myocardial blood flow early post cardiac transplant.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Sep 13. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02345.
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WIEFELS C, Almufleh A, Yao J, deKemp RA, et al
Prognostic utility of longitudinal quantification of PET myocardial blood flow early post heart transplantation.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Sep 11. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02342.
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TOCZEK J, Riou L
Considerations on PET/MR imaging of carotid plaque inflammation with (68)Ga-Pentixafor.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Sep 10. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02354.
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NEKOLLA SG
10 years of PET/MR: Looking back for a moment.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Sep 9. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02358.
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ENSAKO T, Norikane T, Yamamoto Y, Takami Y, et al
Focal myocardial perfusion abnormalities in cardiac amyloidosis as compared with CMR, bone scintigraphy, and (11)C-PiB PET.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Sep 9. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02349.
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SAINT-GEORGES Z, Zayed VK, Dinelle K, Cassidy C, et al
First-in-human imaging and kinetic analysis of vesicular acetylcholine transporter density in the heart using [(18)F]FEOBV PET.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Sep 9. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02323.
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ARYAL SR, Bajaj NS, Bhambhvani PG
Papillary muscle ischemia and myocardial blood flow on N13-ammonia positron emission tomography myocardial perfusion imaging.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Sep 9. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02336.
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ZAMPELLA E, Assante R, Acampa W, Cuocolo A, et al
Cardiac PET imaging: Lost in quantification. It's time to find the way.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Sep 7. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02332.
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PACKARD RRS, Cooke CD, Van Train KF, Votaw JR, et al
Development, diagnostic performance, and interobserver agreement of a (18)F-flurpiridaz PET automated perfusion quantitation system.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Sep 7. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02335.
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August 2020

SHI X, Lin X, Huo L, Li X, et al
Cardiac fibroblast activation in dilated cardiomyopathy detected by positron emission tomography.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Aug 16. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02315.
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LIN J, Yang Y, Liu L, Huang S, et al
Application of FDG PET/CT in thoracic aortic graft infection.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Aug 16. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02322.
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AGHAYEV A
Utilization of FDG-PET/CT in the diagnosis of native valve endocarditis: There is a hope, but we need more data!
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Aug 16. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02308.
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VACHATIMANONT S, Kunawudhi A, Promteangtrong C, Chotipanich C, et al
Benefits of [(68)Ga]-DOTATATE PET-CT comparable to [(18)F]-FDG in patient with suspected cardiac sarcoidosis.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Aug 16. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02303.
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LI C, Xu R, Yao K, Zhang J, et al
Functional significance of intermediate coronary stenosis in patients with single-vessel coronary artery disease: A comparison of dynamic SPECT coronary flow reserve with intracoronary pressure-derived fractional flow reserve (FFR).
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Aug 7. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02293.
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BAX JJ, Ng ACT, Delgado V
Hybrid Positron emission tomography/magnetic resonance imaging in viability assessment.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Aug 4. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02289.
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JERONIMO A, Olmos C, Vilacosta I, Ortega-Candil A, et al
Accuracy of (18)F-FDG PET/CT in patients with the suspicion of cardiac implantable electronic device infections.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Aug 3. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02285.
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SCHINDLER TH, Felder G
Emergence of (18)F-FDG positron emission tomography in the detection and characterization of cardiac implantable device infections.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Aug 2. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02260.
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TAKAMI Y, Norikane T, Yamamoto Y, Fujimoto K, et al
A preliminary study of relationship among the degree of internal carotid artery stenosis, wall shear stress on MR angiography and (18)F-FDG uptake on PET/CT.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Aug 2. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02300.
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LEE JC, Wee YS
Duration of proton pump inhibitor abstinence before myocardial perfusion scintigraphy.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020;27:1416.
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SOOD A, Mittal BR, Singh H
Duration of proton pump inhibitor abstinence before MPI.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020;27:1415.
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PATEL CD, Baghel V
Is myocardial viability related to left ventricular dyssynchrony?
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020;27:1168-1170.
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SLART RHJA, Glaudemans AWJM, Noordzij W, Nienhuis HLA, et al
(99m)Tc-aprotinin imaging in cardiac amyloidosis. Make an old tool new again?
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020;27:1155-1157.
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GALAZKA P, Port S
Striving for consistency in the measurement of LVEF and left ventricular volume.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020;27:1246-1248.
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Approaching perioperative cardiac risk: Forging new strategies against an old enemy.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020;27:1338-1340.
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SARASTE A, Stahle M, Roivainen A
Evaluation of cardiac function by nuclear imaging in preclinical studies.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020;27:1328-1330.
PubMed

REYES E
Refining practice: TID metrics for CZT systems.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020;27:1190-1192.
PubMed

July 2020

MANABE O, Naya M
Potential of (18)F-FDG PET to evaluate the cardiocerebral interaction.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Jul 31. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02302.
PubMed

SALOMAKI SP, Saraste A, Kemppainen J, Hurme S, et al
(18)F-FDG positron emission tomography/computed tomography of cardiac implantable electronic device infections.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Jul 31. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02256.
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ASHWATHANARAYANA AG, Singhal M, Satapathy S, Sood A, et al
(18)F-NaF PET uptake characteristics of coronary artery culprit lesions in a cohort of patients of acute coronary syndrome with ST-elevation myocardial infarction and chronic stable angina: A hybrid fluoride PET/CTCA study.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Jul 27. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02284.
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ZOCCARATO O, Matheoud R, Lecchi M, Scabbio C, et al
Optimal (99m)Tc activity ratio in the single-day stress-rest myocardial perfusion imaging protocol: A multi-SPECT phantom study.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Jul 27. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02290.
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BELLEVRE D, Bailliez A, Delelis F, Blaire T, et al
Quantitation of myocardial (99m)Tc-HMDP uptake with new SPECT/CT cadmium zinc telluride (CZT) camera in patients with transthyretin-related cardiac amyloidosis: Ready for clinical use?
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Jul 26. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02274.
PubMed Abstract available

OSBORNE MT, Abbasi TA, Albaghdadi MS
Narrowing in on a PET tracer that characterizes coronary atheroma: (18)F-NaF uptake is increased in stenotic coronary artery disease.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Jul 22. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02279.
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RAUSCH I, Beitzke D, Li X, Pfaff S, et al
Accuracy of PET quantification in [(68)Ga]Ga-pentixafor PET/MR imaging of carotid plaques.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Jul 21. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02257.
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JOZWIK-PLEBANEK K, Cacko M, Wnuk J, Teresinska A, et al
Large sliding hiatus hernia: incidental finding in myocardial perfusion scintigraphy performed with SPECT/CT technique.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Jul 21. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02265.
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YUN M, Nie B, Wen W, Zhu Z, et al
Assessment of cerebral glucose metabolism in patients with heart failure by (18)F-FDG PET/CT imaging.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Jul 20. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02258.
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ZACHERL MJ, Todica A, Wangler C, Schirrmacher R, et al
Molecular imaging of cardiac CXCR4 expression in a mouse model of acute myocardial infarction using a novel (68)Ga-mCXCL12 PET tracer.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Jul 16. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02262.
PubMed Abstract available

HOFF CM, Sorensen J, Christensen NL, Bouchelouche K, et al
Activity regimes for 82Rb cardiac PET: Effects on absolute MBF and MPI.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Jul 16. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02266.
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FREITAG MT, Bremerich J, Wild D, Haaf P, et al
Quantitative myocardial perfusion (82)Rb-PET assessed by hybrid PET/coronary-CT: Normal values and diagnostic performance.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Jul 16. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02264.
PubMed Abstract available

BRUNKEN RC
Is quantitative fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose PET image analysis the key to Identify cardiac sarcoidosis?
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Jul 16. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02272.
PubMed

STENDAHL JC, Sinusas AJ
(11)C-acetate PET: A powerful tool to analyze metabolic and functional changes in the heart related to alcohol consumption.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Jul 16. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02268.
PubMed

BRANA Q, Thibault F, Courtehoux M, Metrard G, et al
Regadenoson versus dipyridamole: Evaluation of stress myocardial blood flow response on a CZT-SPECT camera.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Jul 10. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02271.
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KOLKAILAH AA, Iskander M, Iskander F, Patel PP, et al
The prognostic utility of regadenoson SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging in patients with end-stage renal disease: The largest cohort to date.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Jul 6. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02259.
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TZOLOS E, Lassen ML, Pan T, Kwiecinski J, et al
Respiration-averaged CT versus standard CT attenuation map for correction of (18)F-sodium fluoride uptake in coronary atherosclerotic lesions on hybrid PET/CT.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Jul 2. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02245.
PubMed Abstract available

ARMENIA EM, Schwartz RG
ISCHEMIA questions and MITNEC answers: Defining and standardizing clinical ischemic jeopardy with SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Jul 1. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02237.
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VON FELTEN E, Benz DC, Benetos G, Giannopoulos AA, et al
Transluminal attenuation gradient derived from coronary CT angiography to predict ischemia in SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging: Effect of coronary cross-sectional area.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Jul 1. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02242.
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June 2020

PUCAR D, Sadeghi MM
(18)F-Fluorodeoxyglucose PET imaging in aortic graft infection: many more questions than answers.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Jun 30. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02248.
PubMed

DEKEMP RA, Celiker Guler E, Ruddy TD
More evidence for adequate test-retest repeatability of myocardial blood flow quantification with (82)Rb PET/CT.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Jun 25. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02228.
PubMed

GOMEZ J
SPECT-MPI in evaluation of liver transplant candidates: Is the evidence mounting?
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Jun 21. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02240.
PubMed

NAKAO R, Nagao M, Yamamoto A, Fukushima K, et al
Papillary muscle ischemia on high-resolution cine imaging of nitrogen-13 ammonia positron emission tomography: Association with myocardial flow reserve and prognosis in coronary artery disease.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Jun 21. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02231.
PubMed Abstract available

PRESOTTO L
The long fight against motion artifacts in cardiac PET.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Jun 18. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02232.
PubMed

SHI X, Liu S, Lin X, Zhao X, et al
Characterization of myocardial oxidative metabolism and myocardial external efficiency in high-risk alcohol cardiotoxicity and alcoholic cardiomyopathy via dynamic (11)C-Acetate positron emission tomography.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Jun 18. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02214.
PubMed Abstract available

DONG W, Li Y, Zhu J, Xia J, et al
Detection of aortic prosthetic graft infection with (18)F-FDG PET/CT imaging, concordance with consensus MAGIC graft infection criteria.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Jun 17. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02227.
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AKERELE MI, Mushari NA, Forsythe RO, Syed M, et al
Assessment of different quantification metrics of [(18)F]-NaF PET/CT images of patients with abdominal aortic aneurysm.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Jun 17. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02220.
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FREITAS AA, Elvas L, Silva R, Goncalves L, et al
18F-FDG PET/CT in the diagnosis of cardiac device-related infective endocarditis.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Jun 17. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02223.
PubMed

CHEN YC, Wang QQ, Wang YH, Zhuo HL, et al
Intravenous regular insulin is an efficient and safe procedure for obtaining high-quality cardiac (18)F-FDG PET images: an open-label, single-center, randomized controlled prospective trial.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Jun 12. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02219.
PubMed Abstract available

NORIKANE T, Mitamura K, Fujimoto K, Takami Y, et al
Left ventricular thrombus on (18)F-FDG and (18)F-FLT PET/CT in a patient with cardiac sarcoidosis.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Jun 12. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02225.
PubMed

ANANTHASUBRAMANIAM K, Karthikeyan V
Lurking in the shadows: Asymptomatic bilateral lung involvement with novel corona virus 2019 identified on myocardial perfusion SPECT CT: Implications for interpreting physicians.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Jun 11. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02213.
PubMed

SKALI H, Murthy VL, Al-Mallah MH, Bateman TM, et al
Guidance and best practices for nuclear cardiology laboratories during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic: An Information Statement from ASNC and SNMMI.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020;27:1022-1029.
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LOKE KSH, Tham WY, Bharadwaj P, Keng FYJ, et al
Adapting to a novel disruptive threat: Nuclear Cardiology Service in the time of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Outbreak 2020 (SARS REBOOT).
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020;27:1005-1009.
PubMed

SCHULTZ J, Saraste A
Myocardial perfusion imaging with regadenoson stress in advanced lung disease.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020;27:912-914.
PubMed

MAHMOOD M
Response to Lee et al.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020;27:1048.
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LEE JC, Better N
Cardiovascular outcomes in heart transplant recipients.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020;27:1047.
PubMed

LEE JC, Wee YS, Horvath RL
Nuclear imaging in the diagnosis of infective endocarditis.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020;27:1049.
PubMed

AL BADARIN FJ, Peri-Okonny P
The quest to improve sudden cardiac death prediction using sympathetic innervation scintigraphy: Chasing a mirage?
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020;27:1002-1004.
PubMed

CAPPELLI F, Gallini C, Perfetto F
PYP or DPD and HDP for cardiac amyloidosis one for all, all for one.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020;27:1041-1042.
PubMed

LEE JC, Alipour R
Hydroxymethylene diphosphonate for imaging transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020;27:1040.
PubMed

GROSSMAN GB
Myocardial perfusion imaging in overweight patients and women: Is it CZT good enough?
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020;27:769-773.
PubMed

HAGE FG
Right ventricular reversible perfusion defects.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020;27:1052.
PubMed

WOLTERINK JM
Left ventricle segmentation in the era of deep learning.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020;27:988-991.
PubMed

MALM BJ, He BJ, Carino M, Sadeghi MM, et al
Reply to letter to the editor regarding "prevalence and variability in reporting of clinically actionable incidental findings on attenuation-correction CT scans in a veteran population".
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020;27:1054.
PubMed

ZHOU C, Shi J, Liu Y
Letter to the editor for a mistake found in a proof-of-principle study on right ventricular.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020;27:1051.
PubMed

PICCINELLI M
Multimodality image fusion, moving forward.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020;27:973-975.
PubMed

VERBERNE HJ, Verschure DO
Anthracycline-induced cardiotoxicity: Is there a role for myocardial (123)I-mIBG scintigraphy?
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020;27:940-942.
PubMed

AL-MALLAH MH
Regadenoson in heart transplant recipients: Use without worries.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020;27:949-951.
PubMed

ZAMPELLA E, Nappi C, Acampa W
Simultaneous dual isotope (201)Tl/(99m)Tc myocardial perfusion imaging using CZT cameras: Clinical utility or technical challenge?
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020;27:748-750.
PubMed

ALJAROUDI W
Heart rate and 123I-MIBG in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: More variability and slower washout-A secret recipe for better survival.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020;27:843-848.
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MADIAS JE
Takotsubo syndrome or myocardial stunning due to spasm of a non-obstructive left anterior descending coronary artery?
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020;27:1053.
PubMed

May 2020

GUERRATY MA, Metzler SD, Bravo PE
SPECT quantification of myocardial blood flow: Another step toward widespread availability.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 May 31. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02207.
PubMed

SIDHU GS, Hendel RC
The evolution of the prognostic value of regadenoson SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 May 28. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02208.
PubMed

HEDEER F, Ostenfeld E, Heden B, Prinzen FW, et al
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?
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 May 25. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02180.
PubMed Abstract available

PELLETIER-GALARNEAU M, Ferro P, Patterson S, Ruddy TD, et al
Comparison of myocardial blood flow and flow reserve with dobutamine and dipyridamole stress using rubidium-82 positron emission tomography.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 May 24. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02186.
PubMed Abstract available

ARMSTRONG IS, Hayden C, Memmott MJ, Arumugam P, et al
A preliminary evaluation of a high temporal resolution data-driven motion correction algorithm for rubidium-82 on a SiPM PET-CT system.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 May 21. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02177.
PubMed Abstract available

WANG F, Xu W, Lv W, Du D, et al
Evaluation of the diagnostic value of joint PET myocardial perfusion and metabolic imaging for vascular stenosis in patients with obstructive coronary artery disease.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 May 21. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02160.
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CHENG MJM, Sethwala A, Better N, Sivaratnam D, et al
18F-FDG PET/CT identifying cardiac abscess formation prior to cardiac CT.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 May 21. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02191.
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AHMADI A, Klein R, Lewin HC, Beanlands RSB, et al
Rubidium-82 generator yield and efficiency for PET perfusion imaging: Comparison of two clinical systems.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 May 20. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02200.
PubMed Abstract available

MINAMIMOTO R, Nakajima K, Okazaki O
Proliferation PET tracer (11)C-4DST PET/CT depicts hibernating myocardium.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 May 18. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02196.
PubMed

CANTONI V, Green R, Ricciardi C, Assante R, et al
A machine learning-based approach to directly compare the diagnostic accuracy of myocardial perfusion imaging by conventional and cadmium-zinc telluride SPECT.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 May 18. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02187.
PubMed Abstract available

GARCIA EV
Deep learning, another important tool for improving acquisition efficiency in SPECT MPI Imaging.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 May 17. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02188.
PubMed

KAMANI CH, Prior J
Are we good enough in the evaluation of MPI using Rubidium82 with PMT PET/CT? A comparison to SiPM PET/CT.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 May 15. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02169.
PubMed

WU J, Boutagy NE, Cai Z, Lin SF, et al
Feasibility study of PET dynamic imaging of [(18)F]DHMT for quantification of reactive oxygen species in the myocardium of large animals.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 May 15. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02184.
PubMed Abstract available

SPERRY BW, Burgett E, Bybee KA, McGhie AI, et al
Technetium pyrophosphate nuclear scintigraphy for cardiac amyloidosis: Imaging at 1 vs 3 hours and planar vs SPECT/CT.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 May 15. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02139.
PubMed Abstract available

KOENDERS SS, van Dalen JA, Jager PL, Knollema S, et al
Value of SiPM PET in myocardial perfusion imaging using Rubidium-82.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 May 14. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02141.
PubMed Abstract available

ALJAROUDI WA, Hage FG
Review of cardiovascular imaging in the Journal of Nuclear Cardiology 2019: Positron emission tomography, computed tomography and magnetic resonance.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 May 14. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02151.
PubMed Abstract available

SALA M, Kincl V, Kaminek M, Vasina J, et al
Assessment of left ventricular volumes and ejection fraction using ultra-low-dose thallium-201 SPECT on a CZT camera: a comparison with magnetic resonance imaging.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 May 14. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02161.
PubMed Abstract available

THOMAS M, Patel KK, Peri-Okonny P, Sperry BW, et al
Stress myocardial perfusion imaging in patients presenting with syncope: Comparison of PET vs. SPECT.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 May 13. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02179.
PubMed Abstract available

PACELLA S
Mycotic coronary aneurysm detected by 18F-FDG PET/CT: A case report.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 May 13. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02170.
PubMed

HINDLE-KATEL W, Oen-Hsiao J, Lussnig E, Miller EJ, et al
Incidental finding of COVID-19 pulmonary infiltrates on SPECT/CT attenuation correction CT.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 May 11. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02178.
PubMed

JIMENEZ-HEFFERNAN A, Butt S, Mesquita CT, Massardo T, et al
Technical aspects of gated SPECT MPI assessment of left ventricular dyssynchrony used in the VISION-CRT study.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 May 11. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02122.
PubMed

BYRNE C, Kjaer A, Olsen NE, Forman JL, et al
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.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 May 10. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02140.
PubMed Abstract available

BUTERA B, Klingler D, Mccord JK, Ananthasubramaniam K, et al
Interpreting technetium-99m pyrophosphate cardiac scans to diagnose transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis: Need for due diligence.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 May 10. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02181.
PubMed

TAILLEFER R
99mTc-labeled boronic acid derivatives for SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging: Improved version 2.0.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 May 8. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02137.
PubMed

HAGE FG
Technetium-99m-3,3-diphosphono-1,2-2 propanodicarboxylic acid (DPD) in AL cardiac amyloidosis.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 May 7. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02150.
PubMed

ACAMPA W, Zampella E, Assante R, Genova A, et al
Quantification of myocardial perfusion reserve by CZT-SPECT: A head to head comparison with (82)Rubidium PET imaging.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 May 7. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02129.
PubMed Abstract available

MILLER RJH, Slomka PJ
Is SPECT LVEF assessment more accurate than CT at higher heart rates? More evidence for complementary information in multimodality imaging.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 May 7. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02130.
PubMed

GUPTA K, Jadhav R, Alberawi M, Prasad R, et al
Infected peri-aortic hematoma diagnosed on F-18 FDG PET/CT imaging.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 May 7. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02116.
PubMed

KATTOOR AJ, Kolkailah AA, Iskander F, Iskander M, et al
The prognostic value of regadenoson SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging: The largest cohort to date.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 May 7. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02135.
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LIU H, Chen Y
Mediastinal seminoma mimicking invasive thymoma on (18)F-FDG PET/CT.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 May 6. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02127.
PubMed

April 2020

SHIRI I, AmirMozafari Sabet K, Arabi H, Pourkeshavarz M, et al
Standard SPECT myocardial perfusion estimation from half-time acquisitions using deep convolutional residual neural networks.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Apr 28. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02119.
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WANG JZ, Moody JB, Kaps N, Britt D, et al
Reproducible Quantification of Regional Sympathetic Denervation with [(11)C]meta-Hydroxyephedrine PET Imaging.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Apr 28. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02114.
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EDALAT-JAVID M, Shiri I, Hajianfar G, Abdollahi H, et al
Cardiac SPECT radiomic features repeatability and reproducibility: A multi-scanner phantom study.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Apr 24. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02109.
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BRANA Q, Thibault F, Metrard G, Bailly M, et al
Assessing therapeutic efficacy in coronary artery disease with SPECT myocardial blood flow.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Apr 24. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02113.
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QIAN Z, Wang Y, Hou X, Qiu Y, et al
A pilot study to determine if left ventricular activation time is a useful parameter for left bundle branch capture: Validated by ventricular mechanical synchrony with SPECT imaging.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Apr 24. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02111.
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JONG J, Packard RRS
(18)F-FDG PET imaging of myocardial inflammation and viability following experimental infarction and anti-inflammatory treatment with compound MCC950.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Apr 24. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02104.
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REYALDEEN R, Wahi S, Cole C, Kaye G, et al
Concurrent native valve infective endocarditis and myocarditis: the key role of (18)F-FDG PET/CT.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Apr 24. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02108.
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PADRON K, Peix A, Cabrera L, Garcia J, et al
Could myocardial viability be related to left ventricular dyssynchrony? Simultaneous evaluation by gated SPECT-MPI.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Apr 3. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02047.
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CAMPISI R, Traverso SS
Diagnosis of transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis with cadmium zinc telluride cameras: Is it feasible?
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020;27:381-385.
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FUDIM M, Borges-Neto S
Moving towards a synchronized left ventricle.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020;27:431-433.
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PAGNANELLI R, Borges-Neto S
How low can we go?
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020;27:573-574.
PubMed

ABDELBAKY A, El Fakhri G, Tawakol A
Advances in coronary molecular imaging: Leveraging the power of image processing.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020;27:505-507.
PubMed

ORUC V, Hage FG
Low-dose stress-only myocardial perfusion imaging.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020;27:558-561.
PubMed

JULIEN HM, Bravo PE
Thick and thin: Bridging the gap to a better understanding of apical thinning.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020;27:461-464.
PubMed

WECHALEKAR K
Stop that glucose getting to heart!
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020;27:619-620.
PubMed Abstract available

SOMAN P
Faces of phase.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020;27:589-591.
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March 2020

WELLS RG, Marvin B
Measuring SPECT myocardial blood flow at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Mar 31. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02102.
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LIU H, Liu L, Chen Y
Thymic carcinoid mimicking mediastinal lymphoma on (18)F-FDG PET/CT.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Mar 31. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02105.
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RENAUD JM, Premaratne M, Villeneuve MC, Finnerty V, et al
Site qualification and clinical interpretation standards for (99m)Tc-SPECT perfusion imaging in a multi-center study of MITNEC (Medical Imaging Trials Network of Canada).
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Mar 17. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02100.
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ABIKHZER G, Martineau P, Gregoire J, Finnerty V, et al
[(18)F]FDG-PET CT for the evaluation of native valve endocarditis.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Mar 16. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02092.
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ARYAL SR, Bajaj NS, Bansal NC, Hage FG, et al
FDG-PET/CT diagnosis of aortitis and pseudoaneurysms.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Mar 16. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02085.
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JAYADEVA PS, Better N
How viable is SPECT for viability assessment in the PET era?
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Mar 5. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02084.
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WENNING C, Vrachimis A, Pavenstadt HJ, Reuter S, et al
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.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Mar 5. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02080.
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BUI L, Kitkungvan D, Roby AE, Nguyen TT, et al
Pitfalls in quantitative myocardial PET perfusion II: Arterial input function.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Mar 3. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02074.
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TAWAKOL A, Fakhri GE, Catana C, Sosnovik DE, et al
Advances in cardiac PET/MR imaging: Facilitating cutting-edge structural and biological phenotyping of the cardiovascular system.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Mar 3. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02076.
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February 2020

SHIBUTANI T, Nakajima K, Yoneyama H, Konishi T, et al
The utility of heart-to-mediastinum ratio using a planar image created from IQ-SPECT with Iodine-123 meta-iodobenzylguanidine.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Feb 26. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02081.
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LANCE GOULD K, Bui L, Kitkungvan D, Pan T, et al
Pitfalls in quantitative myocardial PET perfusion I: Myocardial partial volume correction.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Feb 24. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02073.
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ALBASSAM O, Redwood T, Bowers N, Iwanochko R, et al
Acute inflammatory pericarditis secondary to cardiac sarcoidosis evaluated by 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose PET/CT imaging.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Feb 24. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01880.
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AL-MALLAH MH
Should patients hold proton pump inhibitors prior to (82)Rubidium positron emission tomography myocardial perfusion imaging?
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Feb 24. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02072.
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BAILLY M, Thibault F, Courtehoux M, Metrard G, et al
Impact of attenuation correction for CZT-SPECT measurement of myocardial blood flow.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Feb 20. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02075.
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THOMPSON RC
Cardiac PET reimbursement policy: Success when we come together.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Feb 19. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02077.
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KANG KW, Kim JS, Cho SG, Kim J, et al
Acquisition of dynamic N-13 ammonia PET for myocardial blood flow quantification.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Feb 19. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02062.
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ALKORDY T, Wang S, Price M, Stodilka R, et al
Evaluation of an incidental solid renal mass during cardiac Tc-99m MIBI SPECT/CT imaging.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Feb 19. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02037.
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ZHANG F, Wang J, Shao X, Yang M, et al
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.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Feb 14. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02040.
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SILLANMAKI S, Gimelli A, Ahmad S, Samir S, et al
Mechanisms of left ventricular dyssynchrony: A multinational SPECT study of patients with bundle branch block.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Feb 14. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02054.
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JUNEAU D, Pelletier-Galarneau M
Revisiting the relevance of the 3-month safety period in the evaluation of prosthetic valve endocarditis with FDG-PET/CT.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Feb 13. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02070.
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MINAMIMOTO R, Hotta M, Hiroe M, Awaya T, et al
Proliferation imaging with (11)C-4DST PET/CT for the evaluation of cardiac sarcoidosis, compared with FDG-PET/CT given a long fasting preparation protocol.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Feb 12. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02069.
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DE SOUZA FILHO EM, Mesquita CT
Phase analysis of gated myocardial perfusion SPECT and cardiac resynchronization therapy: The good, the bad, and the ugly.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Feb 10. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02056.
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BOURSIER C, Duval X, Mahida B, Hoen B, et al
Hypermetabolism of the spleen or bone marrow is an additional albeit indirect sign of infective endocarditis at FDG-PET.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Feb 10. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02050.
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LASSEN ML, Slomka PJ
Cardiac PET/MR: Are sophisticated attenuation correction techniques necessary for clinical routine assessments?
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Feb 7. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02057.
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DO J, Ruddy TD, Wells RG
Reduced acquisition times for measurement of myocardial blood flow with (99m)Tc-tetrofosmin and solid-state detector SPECT.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Feb 5. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02048.
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ALBADRI A, Piccinelli M, Cho SG, Lee JM, et al
Rationale and design of the quantification of myocardial blood flow using dynamic PET/CTA-fused imagery (DEMYSTIFY) to determine physiological significance of specific coronary lesions.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Feb 5. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02052.
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GEWIRTZ H
PET (18)F-flurpridaz quantitative measurements of myocardial blood flow: Added value for diagnosis of coronary artery disease? Of course!
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Feb 4. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02043.
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GUPTA K, Jadhav R, Prasad R, Virmani S, et al
Cardiac uptake patterns in routine 18F-FDG PET-CT scans: A pictorial review.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Feb 3. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02049.
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LI X, Yang W, Ma W, Zhou X, et al
(18)F-FDG PET imaging-monitored anti-inflammatory therapy for acute myocardial infarction: Exploring the role of MCC950 in murine model.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Feb 3. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02044.
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CUDDY S, Dorbala S, Di Carli MF
Imaging of cardiac amyloidosis: Will this become a unique application for dual-isotope imaging?
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020;27:38-40.
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JIANG Z, Zhou W
Left ventricular mechanical dyssynchrony for CAD diagnosis: Does it have incremental clinical values?
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020;27:251-253.
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TAHARA N, Bekki M, Sugiyama Y, Tahara A, et al
Importance of extracardiac FDG uptake to diagnose cardiac sarcoidosis.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020;27:118-122.
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AKINCIOGLU C, Malhotra S
Low yield of routine stress testing in patients awaiting liver transplantation.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020;27:266-268.
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GIORGETTI A, Genovesi D, Emdin M
Cardiac amyloidosis: The starched heart.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020;27:133-136.
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WELLS RG
Dose reduction is good but it is image quality that matters.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020;27:238-240.
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PATRIKI D, Giannopoulos AA
Cardiovascular risk prediction models with myocardial perfusion imaging in chronic kidney disease: ACCESSing digits or focusing on the patient?
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020;27:51-52.
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GIUBBINI R, Albano D
Is physiology of coronary blood flow different in men and women?
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020;27:171-172.
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PROMISLOW SJ, Ruddy TD
The evolving landscape of nuclear imaging in cardiac amyloidosis.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020;27:210-214.
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January 2020

MOODY JB, Poitrasson-Riviere A, Hagio T, Buckley C, et al
Added value of myocardial blood flow using (18)F-flurpiridaz PET to diagnose coronary artery disease: The flurpiridaz 301 trial.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Jan 30. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02034.
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KIKO T, Yokokawa T, Misaka T, Masuda A, et al
Myocardial viability with chronic total occlusion assessed by hybrid positron emission tomography/magnetic resonance imaging.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Jan 30. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02041.
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KRAKOVICH A, Zaretsky U, Moalem I, Naimushin A, et al
A new cardiac phantom for dynamic SPECT.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Jan 29. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02028.
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CHIH S, Chong AY, Bernick J, Wells GA, et al
Validation of multiparametric rubidium-82 PET myocardial blood flow quantification for cardiac allograft vasculopathy surveillance.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Jan 28. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02038.
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DEN HARDER AM, Wolterink JM, Bartstra JW, Spiering W, et al
Vascular uptake on (18)F-sodium fluoride positron emission tomography: precursor of vascular calcification?
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Jan 23. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02031.
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ROQUE A, Pizzi MN
18F-FDG PET/CT and cardiac CTA in transcatheter aortic valve implanted endocarditis: Still at the beginning of a long road.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Jan 23. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02035.
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WAHADAT AR, Tanis W, Scholtens AM, Bekker M, et al
Normal imaging findings after aortic valve implantation on (18)F-Fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography with computed tomography.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Jan 23. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-02025.
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KHOR YM, Dorbala S
SPECT/CT quantification of lower limb perfusion: The next frontier in radionuclide perfusion imaging?
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Jan 14. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-02020.
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CHOU TH, Janse S, Sinusas AJ, Stacy MR, et al
SPECT/CT imaging of lower extremity perfusion reserve: A non-invasive correlate to exercise tolerance and cardiovascular fitness in patients undergoing clinically indicated myocardial perfusion imaging.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Jan 14. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-02019.
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TREGLIA G, Slart RHJA, Glaudemans AWJM
Diagnostic performance and image interpretation of (18)F-FDG PET/CT in aortic graft infection: Two sides of the same coin.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Jan 13. pii: 10.1007/s12350-020-02029.
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MENG J, Zhao H, Liu Y, Chen D, et al
Assessment of cardiac tumors by (18)F-FDG PET/CT imaging: Histological correlation and clinical outcomes.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Jan 13. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-02022.
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ALI O, Shenoy M, Alani A, Alani M, et al
Are SPECT MPI measures of dyssynchrony dyssynchronous?
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Jan 13. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-02024.
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MILLER EJ
Complex cellular physiology underlies the use of FDG-PET imaging in investigating post-infarction remodeling.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Jan 6. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-02008.
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GAZZILLI M, Bertoli M, Albano D, Durmo R, et al
Cardiac amyloidosis incidentally detected by 18F-FDG PET/CT.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Jan 6. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-02013.
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EINSPIELER I, Mergen V, Wendorff H, Haller B, et al
Diagnostic performance of quantitative and qualitative parameters for the diagnosis of aortic graft infection using [(18)F]-FDG PET/CT.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Jan 6. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-02011.
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CHEN CC, Shen TY, Peterson CB, Hung GU, et al
Comparison of ejection fraction calculation between CT and SPECT at high heart rate: A dynamic cardiac phantom study.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Jan 6. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01991.
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ROBSON PM, Vergani V, Benkert T, Trivieri MG, et al
Assessing the qualitative and quantitative impacts of simple two-class vs multiple tissue-class MR-based attenuation correction for cardiac PET/MR.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Jan 2. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-02002.
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MOLL-BERNARDES RJ, de Oliveira RS, de Brito ASX, de Almeida SA, et al
Can PET/CT be useful in predicting ventricular arrhythmias in Chagas Disease?
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Jan 2. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-02014.
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ZELT JGE, Mielniczuk LM, Orlandi C, Robinson S, et al
Correction to: PET imaging of sympathetic innervation with [(18)F]Flubrobenguane vs [(11)C]mHED in a patient with ischemic cardiomyopathy.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Jan 2. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-02018.
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HSU JJ, Fong F, Patel R, Qiao R, et al
Changes in microarchitecture of atherosclerotic calcification assessed by (18)F-NaF PET and CT after a progressive exercise regimen in hyperlipidemic mice.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Jan 2. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-02004.
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LASSEN ML, Slomka PJ
PET-derived bone information from 18F-sodium fluoride: A perfect match for whole-body PET/MR attenuation correction?
J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Jan 2. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01994.
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December 2019

HORGAN SJ, Heller GV
Widening the availability of ammonia to increase the footprint of cardiac PET.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Dec 24. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01986.
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HIGGINS AR, Jaber W
SPECT and PET MPI: The future has arrived but it is unevenly distributed.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Dec 24. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-02005.
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GREEN R, Cantoni V, Acampa W, Assante R, et al
Prognostic value of coronary flow reserve in patients with suspected or known coronary artery disease referred to PET myocardial perfusion imaging: A meta-analysis.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Dec 24. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-02000.
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BELLINGE JW, Schultz CJ
Optimizing arterial (18)F-sodium fluoride positron emission tomography analysis.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Dec 23. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01992.
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YANDRAPALLI S, Malik A, Jain D
SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging-based ischemia-guided early coronary revascularization improves survival: More fuel to the fire.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Dec 19. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-02006.
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GOMEZ J
Left ventricular myocardial volume in CZT SPECT: Expanding the horizon?
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Dec 19. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01995.
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HUSSAIN M, Collier P, Jaber W
Value of SPECT imaging in patients with TTR-amyloid: ratios are not enough.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Dec 19. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01997.
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QUTBI M, Asli IN
What is this image? 2019: Image 4 result : Starburst artifact from a remote intense hot spot creating perfusion defects in the LV myocardium on myocardial perfusion SPECT.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Dec 19. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01998.
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MARIE PY, Manrique A
Myocardial revascularization driven by functional testing and PET imaging.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Dec 16. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01990.
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MOTWANI M
Hiding beyond plain sight: Textural analysis of positron emission tomography to identify high-risk plaques in carotid atherosclerosis.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Dec 12. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01981.
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MA Q, Sridhar G, Power T, Agiro A, et al
Assessing the downstream value of first-line cardiac positron emission tomography (PET) imaging using real world Medicare fee-for-service claims data.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Dec 9. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01974.
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ROBERTS G, Lloyd JJ, Jefferson E, Kane JPM, et al
Uniformity of cardiac (123)I-MIBG uptake on SPECT images in older adults with normal cognition and patients with dementia.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Dec 9. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01977.
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FURUYA S, Naya M, Manabe O, Hirata K, et al
(18)F-FMISO PET/CT detects hypoxic lesions of cardiac and extra-cardiac involvement in patients with sarcoidosis.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Dec 9. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01976.
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BAJAJ NS, Bhambhvani P
SPECT-derived absolute myocardial perfusion measures: A step in the right direction.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Dec 4. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01972.
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WILK B, Wisenberg G, Dharmakumar R, Thiessen JD, et al
Hybrid PET/MR imaging in myocardial inflammation post-myocardial infarction.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Dec 3. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01973.
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SHARMA V, Mughal L, Dimitropoulos G, Sheikh A, et al
The additive prognostic value of coronary calcium score (CCS) to single photon emission computed tomography myocardial perfusion imaging (SPECT-MPI)-real world data from a single center.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Dec 3. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01965.
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PRATO FS, Wisenberg G
Reproducibility and repeatability of assessment of myocardial light chain amyloidosis burden using (18)F-florbetapir PET/CT.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Dec 3. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01971.
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WAHADAT AR, Tanis W, Swart LE, Scholtens A, et al
Added value of (18)F-FDG-PET/CT and cardiac CTA in suspected transcatheter aortic valve endocarditis.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Dec 2. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01963.
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PECLAT TR, de Souza ACDAH, Souza VF, Nakamoto AMK, et al
The additional prognostic value of myocardial perfusion SPECT in patients with known coronary artery disease with high exercise capacity.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Dec 2. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01960.
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ANDREWS JPM, MacNaught G, Moss AJ, Doris MK, et al
Cardiovascular (18)F-fluoride positron emission tomography-magnetic resonance imaging: A comparison study.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Dec 2. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01962.
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CME INSTRUCTIONS: Phase Analysis of Gated PET in the Evaluation of Mechanical Ventricular Synchrony: A Narrative Overview.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019;26:1901-1903.
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November 2019

TANAKA TD, Nagai T, Nagoshi T, Yoshimura M, et al
Diagnosis of cardiac sarcoidosis despite negative findings on serial late gadolinium enhancement with cardiac magnetic resonance imaging/(18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography examinations.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Nov 26. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01968.
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ALZAHRANI AH, Arasaratnam P, Massalha S, Alenazy A, et al
Effect of proton pump inhibitors on Rubidium-82 gastric uptake using positron emission tomography myocardial perfusion imaging.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Nov 25. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01954.
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NODOUSHANI A, El-Sady MS, Park MA, Castilloveitia GL, et al
Reproducibility and Repeatability of Assessment of Myocardial Light Chain Amyloidosis Burden Using (18)F-Florbetapir PET/CT.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Nov 22. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01961.
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RASMUSSEN T, Kjaer A, Lassen ML, Pedersen AN, et al
No changes in myocardial perfusion following radiation therapy of left-sided breast cancer: A positron emission tomography study.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Nov 18. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01949.
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GANDHI R, Cawthorne C, Craggs LJL, Wright JD, et al
Cell proliferation detected using [(18)F]FLT PET/CT as an early marker of abdominal aortic aneurysm.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Nov 18. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01946.
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GIUBBINI R, Bertoli M, Durmo R, Bonacina M, et al
Comparison between N(13)NH3-PET and (99m)Tc-Tetrofosmin-CZT SPECT in the evaluation of absolute myocardial blood flow and flow reserve.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Nov 14. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01939.
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AKERELE MI, Karakatsanis NA, Forsythe RO, Dweck MR, et al
Iterative reconstruction incorporating background correction improves quantification of [(18)F]-NaF PET/CT images of patients with abdominal aortic aneurysm.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Nov 11. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01940.
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KAWAGUCHI N, Okayama H, Kido T, Fukuyama N, et al
Clinical significance of corrected relative flow reserve derived from (13)N-ammonia positron emission tomography combined with coronary computed tomography angiography.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Nov 11. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01931.
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KAFOURIS PP, Koutagiar IP, Georgakopoulos AT, Spyrou GM, et al
Fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography-based textural features for prediction of event prone carotid atherosclerotic plaques.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Nov 11. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01943.
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SHARIR T, Hollander I, Hemo B, Tsamir J, et al
Survival benefit of coronary revascularization after myocardial perfusion SPECT: The role of ischemia.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Nov 11. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01932.
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AKIL S, Hedeer F, Oddstig J, Olsson T, et al
Appropriate coronary revascularization can be accomplished if myocardial perfusion is quantified by positron emission tomography prior to treatment decision.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Nov 8. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01938.
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RAMSAY SC, Cuscaden C
The current status of quantitative SPECT/CT in the assessment of transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Nov 5. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01935.
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October 2019

KARAKATSANIS NA, Abgral R, Trivieri MG, Dweck MR, et al
Hybrid PET- and MR-driven attenuation correction for enhanced (18)F-NaF and (18)F-FDG quantification in cardiovascular PET/MR imaging.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Oct 30. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01928.
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BORCHERT T, Beitar L, Langer LBN, Polyak A, et al
Dissecting the target leukocyte subpopulations of clinically relevant inflammation radiopharmaceuticals.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Oct 28. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01929.
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SLOMKA P
Do we need dedicated cardiac SPECT systems?
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Oct 24. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01921.
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VOTAW JR, Packard RRS
Motion correction to enhance absolute myocardial blood flow quantitation by PET.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Oct 24. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01912.
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POITRASSON-RIVIERE A, Murthy VL
Optimizing accuracy and precision with motion correction of PET myocardial blood flow measurements.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Oct 23. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01927.
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LIU H, Chen Y
Mediastinal T-lymphoblastic lymphoma mimicking invasive thymoma on (18)F-FDG PET/CT in a young patient.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Oct 10. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01919.
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PUCAR D, Liu C
Standardization and quantification is a key to the future of atherosclerosis FDG PET/CT imaging.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Oct 7. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01905.
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DEGTIAROVA G, Claus P, Duchenne J, Schramm G, et al
Impact of left bundle branch block on myocardial perfusion and metabolism: A positron emission tomography study.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Oct 2. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01900.
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LIU E, Dong H, Liu C, Lian Z, et al
What is this image? 2019: Image 3 result : Multimodal imaging of pericardial synovial sarcoma and two years postoperative follow-up by (18)F-FDG PET/CT.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Oct 2. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01907.
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VITOLA JV, Cerci R
Mexico-city does not look like Beverly-Hills: A multimodality and cardiac imager perspective!
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019;26:1625-1629.
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September 2019

OTAKI Y, Lassen ML, Manabe O, Eisenberg E, et al
Short-term repeatability of myocardial blood flow using (82)Rb PET/CT: The effect of arterial input function position and motion correction.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Sep 26. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01888.
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CAOBELLI F, Braun M, Haaf P, Wild D, et al
Quantitative (99m)Tc-DPD SPECT/CT in patients with suspected ATTR cardiac amyloidosis: Feasibility and correlation with visual scores.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Sep 19. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01893.
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PELLETIER-GALARNEAU M, Ruddy TD
A big step towards clinical implementation of myocardial blood flow quantification with CZT SPECT.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Sep 18. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01894.
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BOKHARI S, Schneider RH, Salerno JW, Rainforth MV, et al
Effects of cardiac rehabilitation with and without meditation on myocardial blood flow using quantitative positron emission tomography: A pilot study.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Sep 16. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01884.
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PIEPER J, Patel VN, Escolero S, Nelson JR, et al
Initial clinical experience of N13-ammonia myocardial perfusion PET/CT using a compact superconducting production system.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Sep 12. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01886.
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ABULIZI M, Sifaoui I, Wuliya-Gariepy M, Kharoubi M, et al
(18)F-sodium fluoride PET/MRI myocardial imaging in patients with suspected cardiac amyloidosis.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Sep 11. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01885.
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VAN DIJK JD, Dotinga M, Jager PL, Slump CH, et al
Body weight-dependent Rubidium-82 activity results in constant image quality in myocardial perfusion imaging with PET.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Sep 4. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01875.
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EL-DALATI S, Murthy VL, Owczarczyk AB, Fagan C, et al
Correlating cardiac F-18 FDG PET/CT results with intra-operative findings in infectious endocarditis.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Sep 4. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01874.
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ERINNE I, Kempf J
Incidental Detection of Locally Progressed Pancreatic Cancer on SPECT Myocardial Perfusion Images.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Sep 4. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01881.
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VERSCHURE DO, Verberne HJ
Gated SPECT MPI and CT venography fusion: A new approach for appropriate CRT-pacemaker lead placement?
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Sep 3. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01882.
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August 2019

LI J, Walker DR, Biesbrock G, Kristy RM, et al
Factors that impact a patient's experience when undergoing single-photon emission computed tomography myocardial perfusion imaging (SPECT-MPI) in the US: A survey of patients, imaging center staff, and physicians.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Aug 29. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01863.
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IMBERT L, Marie PY
Low-dose gated bloodpool SPECT: Is it time to make the shift?
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Aug 29. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01872.
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Quantification of myocardial blood flow by CZT-SPECT with motion correction and comparison with (15)O-water PET.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Aug 26. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01854.
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OSBORNE MT, Divakaran S
Seeking clarity: Insights from a highly effective preparation protocol for suppressing myocardial glucose uptake for PET imaging of cardiac inflammation.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Aug 22. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01864.
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TADA T, Osuda K, Nakata T, Muranaka I, et al
A novel approach to the selection of an appropriate pacing position for optimal cardiac resynchronization therapy using CT coronary venography and myocardial perfusion imaging: FIVE STaR method (fusion image using CT coronary venography and perfusion
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Aug 21. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01856.
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KAMANI CH, Prior JO
Assessment of myocardial viability using a [(15)O]-water perfusion PET: Towards a one-stop shop?
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Aug 21. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01838.
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Feasibility and accuracy of SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging in end-stage lung disease.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Aug 19. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01851.
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Diastolic dyssynchrony assessment by gated myocardial perfusion-SPECT in subjects who underwent cardiac resynchronization therapy.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Aug 13. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01845.
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Value of 12-lead electrocardiogram to predict myocardial scar on FDG PET in heart failure patients.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Aug 9. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01841.
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Assessment of motion correction in dynamic rubidium-82 cardiac PET with and without frame-by-frame adjustment of attenuation maps for calculation of myocardial blood flow.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Aug 6. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01834.
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Impact of optimized PET imaging conditions on (18)F-FDG uptake quantification in patients with apparently normal aortas.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Aug 6. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01833.
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GIMELLI A, Liga R, Bertasi M, Kusch A, et al
Head-to-head comparison of a CZT-based all-purpose SPECT camera and a dedicated CZT cardiac device for myocardial perfusion and functional analysis.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Aug 5. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01835.
PubMed Abstract available

SCHWAIGER M, Nekolla SG
What did we learn from PET/MR?
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Aug 5. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01815.
PubMed

CME INSTRUCTIONS: Is there a role for cardiac positron emission tomography in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019;26:1122-1124.
PubMed

July 2019

OKUDA K, Nakajima K
What does entropy reveal in phase analysis of myocardial perfusion SPECT?
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Jul 29. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01813.
PubMed

QUTBI M
What is this image? 2019: Image 2 result : Reduction in interfering gastric wall uptake on myocardial perfusion SPECT following a 2-week period of omeprazole withdrawal.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Jul 29. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01829.
PubMed

LIU E, Zhang X, Sun T, Chen Z, et al
Primary cardiac fibroma with persistent left superior vena cava in a young adult: Contrast-enhanced CT and (18)F-FDG PET/CT finding.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Jul 25. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01825.
PubMed

LIU YH, Fazzone-Chettiar R, Sandoval V, Tsatkin V, et al
New approach for quantification of left ventricular function from low-dose gated bloodpool SPECT: Validation and comparison with conventional methods in patients.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Jul 23. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01823.
PubMed Abstract available

CUDDY-WALSH SG, Wells RG
Noise heterogeneity in attenuation-corrected cardiac SPECT images increases perfusion value uncertainty near the base of the heart.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Jul 22. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01821.
PubMed Abstract available

GRONMAN M, Tarkia M, Stark C, Vahasilta T, et al
Assessment of myocardial viability with [(15)O]water PET: A validation study in experimental myocardial infarction.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Jul 17. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01818.
PubMed Abstract available

KERO T, Johansson E, Engstrom M, Eggers KM, et al
Evaluation of quantitative CMR perfusion imaging by comparison with simultaneous (15)O-water-PET.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Jul 16. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01810.
PubMed Abstract available

ANDRIKOPOULOU E
Diastolic assessment by CZT-SPECT: Could it be the next best thing for the detection of subclinical chemotherapy-induced cardiotoxicity?
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Jul 15. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01792.
PubMed

KWIECINSKI J, Lassen ML, Liang J, Slomka PJ, et al
Selection of abstracts from the scientific sessions of The Society Of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging annual meeting Anaheim CA.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Jul 15. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01816.
PubMed Abstract available

CALNON DA
Refining the role of gated SPECT for predicting clinical response to cardiac resynchronization therapy: Are we using the right tool at the wrong time?
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Jul 3. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01767.
PubMed

June 2019

DIVAKARAN S, Osborne MT
Preparation is everything: The impact of a structured preparation protocol on cardiac (18)F-FDG PET imaging for cardiac sarcoidosis.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Jun 27. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01788.
PubMed

MASSALHA S, Slart RHJA
Anderson-Fabry disease: Worthy to in-SPECT the nerves?
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Jun 19. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01787.
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KUMITA S, Yoshinaga K, Miyagawa M, Momose M, et al
Recommendations for (18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography imaging for diagnosis of cardiac sarcoidosis-2018 update: Japanese Society of Nuclear Cardiology recommendations.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Jun 13. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01755.
PubMed

HAGE FG
Hybrid positron emission tomography-Magnetic resonance imaging for cardiac sarcoid.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Jun 11. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01778.
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AHLUWALIA M, Pan S, Ghesani M, Phillips LM, et al
A new era of imaging for diagnosis and management of cardiac sarcoidosis: Hybrid cardiac magnetic resonance imaging and positron emission tomography.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Jun 7. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01770.
PubMed

TAMARAPPOO B, Otaki Y, Manabe O, Hyun M, et al
Simultaneous Tc-99m PYP/Tl-201 dual-isotope SPECT myocardial imaging in patients with suspected cardiac amyloidosis.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Jun 6. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01753.
PubMed Abstract available

LEE JC, Delaney FT
Patients with incidental findings on MPS CTAC.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019;26:1015.
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PROCTOR P, Al Solaiman F, Hage FG
Myocardial perfusion imaging prior to coronary revascularization: From risk stratification to procedure guidance.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019;26:954-957.
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MARCASSA C
Neuronal damage and abnormal contraction: Is the circle of synchronicity complete?
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019;26:880-882.
PubMed

TAVAKOLI S
Technical considerations for quantification of (18)F-FDG uptake in carotid atherosclerosis.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019;26:894-898.
PubMed

ACHARYA D, Rajapreyar I
Myocardial perfusion imaging for cardiac allograft vasculopathy assessment: Evidence grows, but questions remain.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019;26:853-856.
PubMed

SCHELBERT HR, Dahlbom M
A good beginning with an uncertain future.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019;26:810-813.
PubMed

TOPEL M, Shaw LJ, Xie JX
Risk stratification for renal transplantation: A role for heart rate response?
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019;26:823-825.
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GALLUCCI G, Capobianco A, Molinari S, Storto G, et al
Sex and gender issues in cardiotoxicity: Are we ready for gynecardiooncology?
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019;26:1018.
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May 2019

NICHOLS KJ, Van Tosh A
Putting gated SPECT and PET left ventricular function computations in perspective.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 May 29. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01766.
PubMed

WAN N, Travin MI
Cardiac PET assessment of myocardial microvascular flow may help identify subclinical left ventricular dysfunction and increased risk from aortic stenosis.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 May 28. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01759.
PubMed

HANSEN NL, Haarmark C, Zerahn B
Ventricular peak emptying and filling rates measured by gated tomographic radionuclide angiography using a cadmium-zinc-telluride SPECT camera in chemotherapy-naive cancer patients.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 May 24. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01756.
PubMed Abstract available

DOMINGUES CM, Ferreira MJ, Silva R, Goncalves V, et al
18F-FDG-PET/CT in diagnosis of Q fever endocarditis.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 May 22. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01750.
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CHRISTOPOULOS G, Jouni H, Acharya GA, Blauwet LA, et al
Suppressing physiologic 18-fluorodeoxyglucose uptake in patients undergoing positron emission tomography for cardiac sarcoidosis: The effect of a structured patient preparation protocol.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 May 20. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01746.
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ANTONIO-VILLA NE, Espinola-Zavaleta N, Carvajal-Juarez I, Flores-Garcia AN, et al
Comorbid conditions in individuals assessed by SPECT: Study of a reference cardiology center in Mexico City.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 May 16. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01737.
PubMed Abstract available

HU LH, Sharir T, Miller RJH, Einstein AJ, et al
Upper reference limits of transient ischemic dilation ratio for different protocols on new-generation cadmium zinc telluride cameras: A report from REFINE SPECT registry.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 May 13. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01730.
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PRETORIUS PH, Ramon AJ, King MA, Konik A, et al
Retrospective fractional dose reduction in Tc-99m cardiac perfusion SPECT/CT patients: A human and model observer study.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 May 10. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01743.
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TOCZEK J, Hillmer AT, Han J, Liu C, et al
FDG PET imaging of vascular inflammation in post-traumatic stress disorder: A pilot case-control study.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 May 9. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01724.
PubMed Abstract available

SCHOLTENS AM, Peters Rit EAM, Brouwer HJ, Sanson-van Praag ME, et al
Too much or not enough; balancing insulin levels in a diabetic patient sent for (18)F-FDG PET/CT of prosthetic heart valve endocarditis.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 May 9. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01745.
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QUTBI M
SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging in patients with Dextrocardia.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 May 6. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01732.
PubMed

WELLS RG, Ruddy TD
Cardiac myocardial perfusion imaging with new SPECT cameras: Comparing apples and oranges.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 May 1. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01729.
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BEN BOUALLEGUE F, Maimoun L, Kucharczak F, Le Fur P, et al
Left ventricle function assessment using gated first-pass (18)F-FDG PET: Validation against equilibrium radionuclide angiography.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 May 1. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01731.
PubMed Abstract available

April 2019

RRAPO KASO E, Bourque JM
Regadenoson SPECT MPI post-troponin elevation in two different patient populations: A reliable risk-stratification tool.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Apr 30. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01726.
PubMed

PELLETIER-GALARNEAU M, Ruddy TD
The potential of regional myocardial blood flow measurement with SPECT.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Apr 30. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01727.
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YAO Y, Wang DW, Fang W, Tian YQ, et al
Evaluation of left ventricular volumes and ejection fraction by (99m)Tc-MIBI gated SPECT and (18)F-FDG gated PET in patients with prior myocardial infarction.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Apr 16. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01709.
PubMed Abstract available

MALHOTRA S
Assessment of ventricular synchrony by positron emission tomography: With great power comes great responsibility.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Apr 12. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01714.
PubMed

SMALL GR, Ruddy TD
Straightening out the wrinkles in technetium-99m-labeled bone scintigraphy tracer assessment of cardiac amyloidosis.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Apr 11. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01718.
PubMed

VAN DIJK JD, Jager PL, van Dalen JA
The next step in standardizing SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Apr 10. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01716.
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MORELLE M, Bellevre D, Hossein-Foucher C, Manrique A, et al
First comparison of performances between the new whole-body cadmium-zinc-telluride SPECT-CT camera and a dedicated cardiac CZT camera for myocardial perfusion imaging: Analysis of phantom and patients.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Apr 8. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01702.
PubMed Abstract available

CHO SG, Jabin Z, Bom HH
Safer stress tests for myocardial perfusion imaging.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019;26:629-632.
PubMed

ASSANTE R, Klain M, Acampa W
Use of coronary artery calcium scanning as a triage for invasive coronary angiography.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019;26:613-615.
PubMed

ANDRIKOPOULOU E, Bhambhvani P
Nuclear imaging of cardiac amyloidosis.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019;26:505-508.
PubMed

CADEMARTIRI F, Maffei E
Anatomy and physiology in coronary artery disease imaging.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019;26:569-573.
PubMed

March 2019

VELASCO C, Mota-Cobian A, Mota RA, Pellico J, et al
Quantitative assessment of myocardial blood flow and extracellular volume fraction using (68)Ga-DOTA-PET: A feasibility and validation study in large animals.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Mar 29. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01694.
PubMed Abstract available

CUDDY-WALSH SG, Clackdoyle DC, Renaud JM, Wells RG, et al
Correction to: Patient-specific SPECT imaging protocols to standardize image noise.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Mar 27. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01685.
PubMed Abstract available

GOWDAR S, Ahlberg AW, Rai M, Perucki WH, et al
Correction to: Risk stratification with vasodilator stress SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging in patients with elevated cardiac biomarkers.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Mar 27. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01688.
PubMed Abstract available

BYRNE C, Kjaer A, Forman JL, Hasbak P, et al
Reproducibility of LVEF, LV volumes, and LV mass between Rubidium-82 PET/CT scans in young healthy volunteers using two commercially available software packages.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Mar 27. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01698.
PubMed Abstract available

VON FELTEN E, Giannopoulos AA
Myocardial Creep: we can now look it in the eye without framewise PET-CT registration for myocardial blood flow quantification.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Mar 27. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01695.
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HENZLOVA MJ, Duvall WL
Temporal changes in cardiac SPECT utilization and imaging findings: Where are we going and where have we been?
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Mar 26. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01687.
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AIKAWA T, Koyanagawa K, Oyama-Manabe N, Anzai T, et al
Cardiac sarcoidosis mimicking myocardial infarction: a comprehensive evaluation using computed tomography and positron emission tomography.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Mar 25. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01692.
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MONROY-GONZALEZ AG, Juarez-Orozco LE, Han C, Vedder IR, et al
Software reproducibility of myocardial blood flow and flow reserve quantification in ischemic heart disease: A (13)N-ammonia PET study.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Mar 22. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01620.
PubMed Abstract available

SCHINDLER TH, Valenta I
Relative disagreement among different software packages in PET-flow quantitation: An appeal for consistency.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Mar 22. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01633.
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MEREDITH D, Cremer PC, Harb SC, Xu B, et al
Initial experience with regadenoson stress positron emission tomography in patients with left bundle branch block: Low prevalence of septal defects and high accuracy for obstructive coronary artery disease.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Mar 14. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01681.
PubMed Abstract available

TSUBOI K, Nagaki A, Shibutani T, Onoguchi M, et al
Optimal choice of OSEM and SD reconstruction algorithms in CZT SPECT for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy patients.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Mar 7. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01677.
PubMed Abstract available

VAN DIJK JD, Jager PL, Ottervanger JP, Slump CH, et al
Correction to: No need for frame-wise attenuation correction in dynamic Rubidium-82 PET for myocardial blood flow quantification.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Mar 7. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01680.
PubMed Abstract available

CUDDY-WALSH SG, Clackdoyle DC, Renaud JM, Wells RG, et al
Patient-specific SPECT imaging protocols to standardize image noise.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Mar 4. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01664.
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MARTINEAU P, Finnerty V, Giraldeau G, Authier S, et al
Examining the sensitivity of 18F-NaF PET for the imaging of cardiac amyloidosis.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Mar 4. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01675.
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PREVOST S, Rousseau E
Applying a correction factor to gated blood pool SPECT left ejection fraction value: Can this approach be used to get around a longstanding hurdle?
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Mar 4. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01668.
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JUAREZ-OROZCO LE, Monroy-Gonzalez A, Prakken NHJ, Noordzij W, et al
Phase analysis of gated PET in the evaluation of mechanical ventricular synchrony: A narrative overview.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Mar 4. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01670.
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February 2019

KOVALSKI G, Sharir T
Myocardial blood flow assessment with SPECT systems: The renovation continues.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Feb 28. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01666.
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TISSOT H, Roch V, Morel O, Veran N, et al
Left ventricular ejection fraction determined with the simulation of a very low-dose CZT-SPECT protocol and an additional count-calibration on planar radionuclide angiographic data.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Feb 27. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01619.
PubMed Abstract available

GOWDAR S, Ahlberg AW, Rai M, Perucki WH, et al
Risk stratification with vasodilator stress SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging in patients with elevated cardiac biomarkers.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Feb 27. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01661.
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TUOMINEN H, Haarala A, Tikkakoski A, Kahonen M, et al
FDG-PET in possible cardiac sarcoidosis: Right ventricular uptake and high total cardiac metabolic activity predict cardiovascular events.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Feb 27. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01659.
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ANANTHASUBRAMANIAM K, Arumugam P
Quantitative (82)Rb dynamic pet perfusion analysis with kinetic modeling for myocardial viability: Can we get away with just (82)Rb perfusion kinetics?
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Feb 26. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01616.
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MOODY JB, Hiller KM, Lee BC, Poitrasson-Riviere A, et al
The utility of (82)Rb PET for myocardial viability assessment: Comparison with perfusion-metabolism (82)Rb-(18)F-FDG PET.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Feb 26. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01615.
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CREMER PC, DiFilippo FP, Cerqueira MD
Creeping towards broader clinical application of PET myocardial blood flow quantification.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Feb 21. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01651.
PubMed

VAN DIJK JD, Jager PL, Ottervanger JP, Slump CH, et al
No need for frame-wise attenuation correction in dynamic Rubidium-82 PET for myocardial blood flow quantification.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Feb 21. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01654.
PubMed Abstract available

KOENDERS SS, van Dijk JD, Jager PL, Ottervanger JP, et al
How to detect and correct myocardial creep in myocardial perfusion imaging using Rubidium-82 PET?
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Feb 20. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01650.
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KOENDERS SS, van Dijk JD, Jager PL, Ottervanger JP, et al
Impact of regadenoson-induced myocardial creep on dynamic Rubidium-82 PET myocardial blood flow quantification.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Feb 20. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01649.
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MARIE PY, Imbert L
Proposed volume-based methods for correcting the shift in left ventricular ejection fraction from blood-pool gated SPECT.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Feb 19. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01657.
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MA R, Wang L, Wu D, Wang M, et al
Myocardial blood flow quantitation in patients with congestive heart failure: head-to-head comparison between rapid-rotating gantry SPECT and CZT SPECT.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Feb 19. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01621.
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JOUNI H, Chareonthaitawee P
Diagnostic performance of F(18) FDG PET in cardiac sarcoidosis: Are we getting closer to the truth?
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Feb 15. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01653.
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HYAFIL F, Rouzet F, Le Guludec D
Imaging cardiac sarcoidosis with FDG-PET: Take a look at the right side!
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Feb 15. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01645.
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LASSEN ML, Beyer T, Berger A, Beitzke D, et al
Data-driven, projection-based respiratory motion compensation of PET data for cardiac PET/CT and PET/MR imaging.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Feb 13. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01613.
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CAMILLETTI J, Erriest J, Espinola-Zavaleta N, Hernandez-Sandoval S, et al
Correction to: Left ventricular dyssynchrony and abnormalities in wall motion, assessed by gated-SPECT as ischemic auxiliary markers.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Feb 13. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01636.
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SHARP MB, Soufer A, Abdelmessih M, Rosenfeld LE, et al
Using FDG-PET to guide targeted cardiac magnetic resonance imaging in patients with suspected cardiac sarcoidosis.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Feb 8. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01640.
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MRSIC Z, Hulten EA
PET/MR imaging of inflammatory cardiomyopathy as a two for one deal: Great value or too good to be true?
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Feb 7. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01638.
PubMed

PAZHENKOTTIL AP, Benz DC
New insights in the assessment of left ventricular dyssynchrony: Laying the foundations for phase analysis by cardiac SPECT.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Feb 7. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01622.
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GUPTA JI, Corbett JR, Murthy VL, Weinberg RL, et al
What is this image? 2019: Image 5 result : Gastroesophageal reflux: An unexpected cause of chest pain identified by review of planar images and coregistered SPECT-CT images.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Feb 4. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01627.
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NORIKANE T, Yamamoto Y, Takami Y, Mitamura K, et al
Occasionally increased (18)F-FDG uptake in apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy on serial follow-up PET/CT.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Feb 4. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01623.
PubMed

NAYA M, Manabe O, Tamaki N
New trials for assessment of left atrial dysfunction by FDG-PET.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Feb 1. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-01495.
PubMed

CLIFFE S, Reyes E
Adenosine MPS in octogenarians: Looking safely into the future.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019;26:263-265.
PubMed

SCIAGRA R
Right ventricular perfusion: Do we need additional evidence or just a simple methodology?
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019;26:272-274.
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TRAVIN MI
Assessing arrhythmic risk with (123)I-mIBG and analogous tracers: Image interpretation from a different viewpoint.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019;26:118-122.
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BENZ DC, Pazhenkottil AP
Cardiac resynchronization therapy in chronic heart failure: Effect on right ventricular function.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019;26:133-135.
PubMed

TAQUETI VR
Myocardial perfusion imaging in extreme obesity: Leveraging modern technologies to meet a modern challenge.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019;26:284-287.
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NAKAJIMA K, Okuda K, Matsuo S, Slomka P, et al
Making the invisible visible: Phase dyssynchrony has potential as a new prognostic marker.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019;26:298-302.
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January 2019

STIRRUP J, Gregg S, Baavour R, Roth N, et al
Hybrid solid-state SPECT/CT left atrial innervation imaging for identification of left atrial ganglionated plexi: Technique and validation in patients with atrial fibrillation.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Jan 29. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-01535.
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WANG T, Lei Y, Tang H, He Z, et al
A learning-based automatic segmentation and quantification method on left ventricle in gated myocardial perfusion SPECT imaging: A feasibility study.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Jan 28. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01594.
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BELLINGE JW, Majeed K, Carr SS, Jones J, et al
Coronary artery 18F-NaF PET analysis with the use of an elastic motion correction software.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Jan 25. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-01587.
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CHAN N, Litwok Y, Boutis L, Makaryus JN, et al
SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging findings in a patient with hypereosinophilic myocarditis.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Jan 25. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01612.
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PEIX A, Karthikeyan G, Massardo T, Kalaivani M, et al
Value of intraventricular dyssynchrony assessment by gated-SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging in the management of heart failure patients undergoing cardiac resynchronization therapy (VISION-CRT).
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Jan 25. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-01589.
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CAOBELLI F, Zwisler D, Haaf P, Zellweger MJ, et al
(82)Rb myocardial perfusion PET/CT after anterior/antero-septal wall myectomy.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Jan 16. pii: 10.1007/s12350-019-01595.
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LAMMERTSMA AA
Quantification of PET Studies.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Jan 14. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-01583.
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TURCO A, Gheysens O, Duchenne J, Nuyts J, et al
Partial volume and motion correction in cardiac PET: First results from an in vs ex vivo comparison using animal datasets.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Jan 14. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-01581.
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LAI JKC, Teo E, Lichtenstein M, Toh HB, et al
Cardiac FDG/PET imaging mimicking sarcoidosis.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Jan 9. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-01579.
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DATTA GUPTA S, Sharma A, Parakh N, Patel C, et al
FDG PET/CT in a case of suspected infective endocarditis of prosthetic valve.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Jan 2. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-01590.
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KIM SJ, Pak K, Kim K
Diagnostic performance of F-18 FDG PET for detection of cardiac sarcoidosis; A systematic review and meta-analysis.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Jan 2. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-01582.
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BARRON AJ, Xavier R, Al-Housni M, Reyes E, et al
Phase analysis, a novel SPECT technique for left ventricular dyssynchrony: Are degrees and milliseconds interchangeable?
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Jan 2. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-01574.
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ALJAROUDI WA, Hage FG
Review of cardiovascular imaging in the Journal of Nuclear Cardiology 2018. Part 1 of 2: Positron emission tomography, computed tomography, and magnetic resonance.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Jan 2. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-01558.
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HUNG GU, Zhou W, Chen J
A perfect tool for comprehensive evaluation of myocardial perfusion and function: Stress PET imaging.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Jan 2. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-01580.
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WISENBERG G, Thiessen JD, Pavlovsky W, Butler J, et al
Same day comparison of PET/CT and PET/MR in patients with cardiac sarcoidosis.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Jan 2. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-01578.
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December 2018

HYAFIL F, Chequer R, Sorbets E, Estellat C, et al
Head-to-head comparison of the diagnostic performances of Rubidium-PET and SPECT with CZT camera for the detection of myocardial ischemia in a population of women and overweight individuals.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Dec 20. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-01557.
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TODICA A, Siebermair J, Schiller J, Zacherl MJ, et al
Assessment of right ventricular sympathetic dysfunction in patients with arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy: An (123)I-metaiodobenzylguanidine SPECT/CT study.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Dec 17. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-01545.
PubMed Abstract available

STAHLE M, Kyto V, Kiugel M, Liljenback H, et al
Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor expression after myocardial infarction: Imaging study using (68)Ga-NODAGA-exendin-4 positron emission tomography.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Dec 13. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-01547.
PubMed Abstract available

GULLBERG GT, Shrestha UM, Seo Y
PET imaging of glucose and fatty acid metabolism for NAFLD patients.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Dec 13. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-01532.
PubMed

AKIL S, Hedeer F, Carlsson M, Arheden H, et al
Qualitative assessments of myocardial ischemia by cardiac MRI and coronary stenosis by invasive coronary angiography in relation to quantitative perfusion by positron emission tomography in patients with known or suspected stable coronary artery disea
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Dec 10. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-01555.
PubMed Abstract available

LEGALLOIS D, Marie PY, Franken PR, Djaballah W, et al
Comparison of the dyssynchrony parameters recorded with gated SPECT in ischemic cardiomyopathy according to their repeatability at rest and to their ability to detect a synchrony reserve under dobutamine infusion.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Dec 4. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-01546.
PubMed Abstract available

PACKARD RRS
Dipyridamole infusion protocols for absolute myocardial blood flow quantitation by PET.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Dec 4. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-01554.
PubMed

CAMILLETTI J, Erriest J, Espinola-Zavaleta N, Hernandez-Sandoval S, et al
Left ventricular dyssynchrony and abnormalities in wall motion, assessed by gated-SPECT as ischemic auxiliary markers.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Dec 4. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-01544.
PubMed Abstract available

SCHINDLER TH, Leucker T
Revival of an old stressor: Dobutamine-stimulation for PET myocardial perfusion imaging in patients with end-stage liver disease?
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Dec 4. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-01543.
PubMed

CME INSTRUCTIONS: The role of nuclear medicine in assessments of cardiac dyssynchrony.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018;25:1977-1979.
PubMed

November 2018

MASSERA D, Doris MK, Cadet S, Kwiecinski J, et al
Analytical quantification of aortic valve 18F-sodium fluoride PET uptake.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Nov 29. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-01542.
PubMed Abstract available

CALNON DA
Will (18)F flurpiridaz replace (82)rubidium as the most commonly used perfusion tracer for PET myocardial perfusion imaging?
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Nov 28. pii: 10.1007/s12350-017-1153.
PubMed

MADDAHI J, Bengel F, Czernin J, Crane P, et al
Dosimetry, biodistribution, and safety of flurpiridaz F 18 in healthy subjects undergoing rest and exercise or pharmacological stress PET myocardial perfusion imaging.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Nov 28. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-01484.
PubMed Abstract available

GUPTA K, Jadhav R, Ali A, Virmani S, et al
What is this image? 2018: Image 4 result : PET-CT appearance of benign lipomatous hypertrophy of inter-atrial septum.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Nov 27. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-01539.
PubMed

NUDI F, Biondi-Zoccai G, Di Belardino N, Nudi A, et al
Myocardial-coronary fusion imaging with positron emission tomography and computed tomography: Benchmarking and slingshotting.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Nov 26. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-01538.
PubMed

MARCASSA C, Zoccarato O
Multi-peak multi-isotopes myocardial SPECT: It's easier said than done.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Nov 26. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-01481.
PubMed

MONCAYO VM, Galt J
Attenuation correction in multipinhole-CZT gamma camera : Differences in attenuation pattern in myocardial SPECT between CZT and conventional gamma cameras. Oddstig J, Martinsson E, Jogi J, Engblom H, Hindorf C. J Nucl Cardiol. 2018.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Nov 21. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-01498.
PubMed

BAJAJ NS, Hage FG, McConathy J, Bhambhvani P, et al
Myocardial blood flow measures using cardiac positron emission tomography: Software comparisons.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Nov 19. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-01525.
PubMed

LU DY, Yalcin H, Sivalokanathan S, Greenland GV, et al
Higher incidence of vasodilator-induced left ventricular cavity dilation by PET when compared to treadmill exercise-ECHO in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Nov 19. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-01521.
PubMed Abstract available

QUTBI M, Shiravand Y, Ghaidari ME, Asli SN, et al
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy with apical aneurysm: Unraveling contribution and usefulness of gating to myocardial perfusion SPECT and a multi-modality investigation.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Nov 19. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-01531.
PubMed

ZELT JGE, Mielniczuk LM, Orlandi C, Robinson S, et al
PET imaging of sympathetic innervation with [(18)F]Flurobenguan vs [(11)C]mHED in a patient with ischemic cardiomyopathy.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Nov 19. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-01527.
PubMed

ABELE JT, Raubenheimer M, Bain VG, Wandzilak G, et al
Quantitative blood flow evaluation of vasodilation-stress compared with dobutamine-stress in patients with end-stage liver disease using (82)Rb PET/CT.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Nov 19. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-01516.
PubMed Abstract available

SMITH MF
New hardware, new software, different results: The estimation of left ventricular volumes and ejection fractions with gated myocardial perfusion SPECT.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Nov 16. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-01523.
PubMed

LIU Y
Focal mass-like cardiac uptake on oncologic FDG PET/CT: Real lesion or atypical pattern of physiologic uptake?
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Nov 15. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-01524.
PubMed Abstract available

JUAREZ-OROZCO LE, Monroy-Gonzalez AG, van der Zant FM, Hoogvorst N, et al
Ventricular synchrony is not significantly determined by absolute myocardial perfusion in patients with chronic heart failure: A (13)N-ammonia PET study.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Nov 15. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-01507.
PubMed Abstract available

PLATEAU A, Bouvet C, Merlin C, Pereira B, et al
Assessment of four different cardiac softwares for evaluation of LVEF with CZT-SPECT vs CMR in 48 patients with recent STEMI.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Nov 13. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-01493.
PubMed Abstract available

LU Y, Liu C
Patient motion correction for dynamic cardiac PET: Current status and challenges.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Nov 12. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-01513.
PubMed

MILLER RJH, Kobashigawa JA, Berman DS
Should positron emission tomography be the standard of care for non-invasive surveillance following cardiac transplantation?
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Nov 12. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-01508.
PubMed

PICCINELLI M, Galt J
Effect of reduced photon count levels and choice of normal data on semi-automated image assessment in cardiac SPECT: Doing more with fewer counts.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Nov 8. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-01499.
PubMed

LEE BC, Moody JB, Poitrasson-Riviere A, Melvin AC, et al
Automated dynamic motion correction using normalized gradient fields for (82)rubidium PET myocardial blood flow quantification.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Nov 7. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-01471.
PubMed Abstract available

JUAN RAMON A, Yang Y, Wernick MN, Pretorius PH, et al
Evaluation of the effect of reducing administered activity on assessment of function in cardiac gated SPECT.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Nov 7. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-01505.
PubMed Abstract available

MOODY JB, Ficaro EP, Murthy VL
Simplified quantification PET myocardial blood flow: The need for technical standardization.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Nov 5. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-01497.
PubMed

DEPUEY EG
Gastric wall uptake of Tc-99m sestamibi: Techniques to decrease uptake and minimize its consequences in myocardial perfusion SPECT.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Nov 5. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-01502.
PubMed

CHO SG, Lee SJ, Na MH, Choi YY, et al
Comparison of diagnostic accuracy of PET-derived myocardial blood flow parameters: A meta-analysis.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Nov 2. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-01476.
PubMed Abstract available

WANG C, Tang H, Zhu F, Jiang Z, et al
Prognostic value of left-ventricular systolic and diastolic dyssynchrony measured from gated SPECT MPI in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Nov 1. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-01468.
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October 2018

PICCINELLI M, Cho SG, Garcia EV, Alexanderson E, et al
Vessel-specific quantification of absolute myocardial blood flow, myocardial flow reserve and relative flow reserve by means of fused dynamic (13)NH3 PET and CCTA: Ranges in a low-risk population and abnormality criteria.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Oct 29. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-01472.
PubMed Abstract available

MARIE PY, Rossignol P
Stress myocardial perfusion gated-SPECT imaging in advanced chronic kidney disease.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Oct 22. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-1412.
PubMed

KUMAR G, Khadwal A, Sood A, Singh H, et al
What is this image? 2018: Image 3 result : Extramedullary hematopoiesis at unusual site detected with (99m)Tc-labeled RBC imaging and (18)F-FLT PET/CT.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Oct 22. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-01462.
PubMed

CHANG CY, Hung GU, Hsu B, Yang BH, et al
Simplified quantification of (13)N-ammonia PET myocardial blood flow: A comparative study with the standard compartment model to facilitate clinical use.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Oct 15. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-1450.
PubMed Abstract available

OKUDA K, Nakajima K
Has the era of dual-gated myocardial perfusion SPECT and PET arrived?
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Oct 11. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-1439.
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LAURSEN AH, Elming MB, Ripa RS, Hasbak P, et al
Rubidium-82 positron emission tomography for detection of acute doxorubicin-induced cardiac effects in lymphoma patients.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Oct 8. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-1458.
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LEVA L, Matheoud R, Sacchetti G, Carriero A, et al
Agreement between left ventricular ejection fraction assessed in patients with gated IQ-SPECT and conventional imaging.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Oct 8. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-1457.
PubMed Abstract available

CME Instructions: Value of gated-SPECT MPI for ischemia-guided PCI of non-culprit vessels in STEMI patients with multivessel disease after primary PCI.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018;25:1613-1615.
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September 2018

TANG K, Zheng X, Lin J, Zheng M, et al
Association between non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and myocardial glucose uptake measured by (18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Sep 20. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-1446.
PubMed Abstract available

OLIVEIRA JB, Sen YM, Wechalekar K
Intersoftware variability impacts classification of cardiac PET exams.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Sep 20. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-1444.
PubMed Abstract available

SCIAGRA R, Milan E, Giubbini R, Kubik T, et al
Sub-endocardial and sub-epicardial measurement of myocardial blood flow using (13)NH3 PET in man.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Sep 20. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-1445.
PubMed Abstract available

TAKEISHI Y, Kiko T, Yokokawa T, Kunii H, et al
Takayasu arteritis detected by PET/MRI with (18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Sep 20. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-1431.
PubMed

SCHWARTZ RG, Malhotra S
Optimizing cardiac sarcoid imaging with FDG PET: Lessons from studies of physiologic regulation of myocardial fuel substrate utilization.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Sep 17. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-1438.
PubMed

MALIK D, Mittal BR, Sood A, Parmar M, et al
Prognostic value of left ventricular mechanical dyssynchrony indices in long-standing type II diabetes mellitus with normal perfusion and left ventricular systolic functions on SPECT-MPI.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Sep 12. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-1436.
PubMed Abstract available

KUREBAYASHI E, Manabe O, Naya M, Miura S, et al
Viability assessment by (18)F-FDG PET in a patient with a large left ventricular aneurysm and obstructive coronary artery disease.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Sep 12. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-1443.
PubMed

GARCIA EV, Klein JL, Moncayo V, Cooke CD, et al
Diagnostic performance of an artificial intelligence-driven cardiac-structured reporting system for myocardial perfusion SPECT imaging.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Sep 12. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-1432.
PubMed Abstract available

GHANNAM M, Yun HJ, Ficaro EP, Ghanbari H, et al
Multiparametric assessment of left atrial remodeling using (18)F-FDG PET/CT cardiac imaging: A pilot study.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Sep 6. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-1429.
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August 2018

DONDI M, Rodella C, Giubbini R, Camoni L, et al
Inter-reader variability of SPECT MPI readings in low- and middle-income countries: Results from the IAEA-MPI Audit Project (I-MAP).
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Aug 30. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-1407.
PubMed Abstract available

VALENTIN RC, Farag A, Hage FG, Bhambhvani P, et al
Non-diagnostic (18)F-FDG PET myocardial viability studies in type-2 diabetic patients.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Aug 30. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-1420.
PubMed

FLORES-GARCIA A, Espinola-Zavaleta N, Guizar-Sanchez C, Hernandez-Oliver D, et al
Systolic wall thickening and prone acquisition as tools to reduce false positives in the interpretation of the SPECT myocardial perfusion study.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Aug 27. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-1421.
PubMed

ABBOTT BG, Case JA, Dorbala S, Einstein AJ, et al
Contemporary Cardiac SPECT Imaging-Innovations and Best Practices: An Information Statement from the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Aug 24. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-1348.
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DUVALL WL, Singhvi A, Tripathi N, Henzlova MJ, et al
SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging in liver transplantation candidates.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Aug 23. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-1388.
PubMed Abstract available

RIMOLDI O
Striving to improve (82)Rubidium PET MPI accuracy.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Aug 22. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-1419.
PubMed

WANG SY, Xie L, Liu ET, Liao JQ, et al
FDG-PET/CT of invasive thymoma extending into the superior vena cava and right atrium.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Aug 20. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-1413.
PubMed Abstract available

CLEMENT A, Boutley H, Poussier S, Pierson J, et al
A 1-week extension of a ketogenic diet provides a further decrease in myocardial (18)F-FDG uptake and a high detectability of myocarditis with FDG-PET.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Aug 20. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-1404.
PubMed Abstract available

KWIECINSKI J, Lee YJ, Slomka P
Selection of abstracts from the scientific sessions of the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Philadelphia PA June 23-26, 2018.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Aug 17. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-1405.
PubMed Abstract available

RYDBERG J, Andersen J, Haarmark C, Zerahn B, et al
The influence of anthropometric and basic circulatory variables on count rate in cadmium-zinc-telluride SPECT gated radionuclide angiography.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Aug 17. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-1402.
PubMed Abstract available

LEE SW, Kim SJ, Seo Y, Jeong SY, et al
F-18 FDG PET for assessment of disease activity of large vessel vasculitis: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Aug 17. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-1406.
PubMed Abstract available

CHEN W, Dilsizian V
FDG PET/CT for the diagnosis and management of infective endocarditis: Expert consensus vs evidence-based practice.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Aug 14. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-1398.
PubMed

STEFFEN DA, Giannopoulos AA, Grossmann M, Messerli M, et al
"Apical thinning": Relations between myocardial wall thickness and apical left ventricular tracer uptake as assessed with positron emission tomography myocardial perfusion imaging.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Aug 14. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-1397.
PubMed Abstract available

BENGEL FM
PET-based myocardial efficiency: Powerful yet under-utilized-now simpler than ever.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Aug 10. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-1400.
PubMed

LIU E, Chen Z, Lian Z, Liu C, et al
Giant primary pericardial synovial sarcoma in an adolescent with cardiac tamponade: Contrast-enhanced CT and (18)F-FDG PET/CT findings.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Aug 7. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-1396.
PubMed

ZHANG D, Pretorius PH, Ghaly M, Zhang Q, et al
Evaluation of different respiratory gating schemes for cardiac SPECT.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Aug 7. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-1392.
PubMed Abstract available

PUJOL-LOPEZ M, Flores-Umanzor EJ, San Antonio R, Lomena F, et al
What is This Image? 2018: Image 2 Result : Early infective endocarditis with aorto-left atrial fistula: Unmasking the underlying disease with positron emission tomography.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Aug 2. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-1386.
PubMed

PHILLIPS LM, Vitola JV, Shaw LJ, Giubbini R, et al
Value of gated-SPECT MPI for ischemia-guided PCI of non-culprit vessels in STEMI patients with multivessel disease after primary PCI.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Aug 1. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-1368.
PubMed Abstract available

CME instructions: Radiopharmaceutical tracers for cardiac imaging.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018;25:1201-1203.
PubMed

July 2018

SONG C, Yang Y, Ramon AJ, Wernick MN, et al
Improving perfusion defect detection with respiratory motion correction in cardiac SPECT at standard and reduced doses.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Jul 30. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-1374.
PubMed Abstract available

GOH CY, Gay A, Hofman MS, Wong C, et al
Role of PET/CT in multimodality imaging in differentiating cardiac sarcoidosis from arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Jul 26. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-1382.
PubMed

SARRAZIN JF, Trottier M, Tessier M
How useful is 18F-FDG PET/CT in patients with suspected vascular graft infection?
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Jul 25. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-1377.
PubMed

TAMAKI N, Matsushima S, Nishimura M
Value of simultaneous assessment of cardiac functions by PET/MRI.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Jul 20. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-1341.
PubMed

KIM YJ, Ha S, Kim YI
Cardiac amyloidosis imaging with amyloid positron emission tomography: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Jul 18. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-1365.
PubMed Abstract available

QUTBI M, Shiravand Y, Soltanshahi M, Asli IN, et al
Poor tracking of myocardial walls and inaccurate estimation of systolic parameters in myocardial hypertrophy on gated myocardial perfusion SPECT resulted from erroneous placement of region of interest and contouring: A pitfall of commercially availabl
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Jul 13. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-1369.
PubMed

BELLINGE JW, Francis RJ, Majeed K, Watts GF, et al
In search of the vulnerable patient or the vulnerable plaque: (18)F-sodium fluoride positron emission tomography for cardiovascular risk stratification.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Jul 10. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-1360.
PubMed Abstract available

THOMPSON RC, Keating FK
PET myocardial blood flow is now officially declared ready for prime time (and a little bit about how the US coding/valuation/coverage system works).
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Jul 6. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-1363.
PubMed

RASMUSSEN T, Kjaer A, Hasbak P
Stomach interference in (82)Rb-PET myocardial perfusion imaging.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Jul 2. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-1359.
PubMed Abstract available

June 2018

BESTETTI A, Cuko B, Gasparini M, De Servi S, et al
Better characterization of dipyridamole-induced myocardial stunning by systolic wall thickening. A gated perfusion SPECT study.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Jun 27. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-1340.
PubMed Abstract available

PHILLIPS LM
Case presentation commentary on "ammonia for positron emission tomography (PET): A promising technique for patients with LBBB and suspicion of coronary artery disease".
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Jun 27. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-1345.
PubMed

DJAILEB L, Jankowski A, Canu M, Calizzano A, et al
Suboptimal performance of cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging for the assessment of myocardial viability at the early phase of an acute coronary syndrome: Usefulness of SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Jun 26. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-1352.
PubMed

VAN TOSH A, Votaw JR, David Cooke C, Cao JJ, et al
Relationship of (82)Rb PET territorial myocardial asynchrony to arterial stenosis.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Jun 26. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-1350.
PubMed Abstract available

HARMS HJ, Hansson NHS, Kero T, Baron T, et al
Automatic calculation of myocardial external efficiency using a single (11)C-acetate PET scan.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Jun 26. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-1338.
PubMed Abstract available

HOP H, de Boer SA, Reijrink M, Kamphuisen PW, et al
(18)F-sodium fluoride positron emission tomography assessed microcalcifications in culprit and non-culprit human carotid plaques.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Jun 25. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-1325.
PubMed Abstract available

MATHEOUD R, Lecchi M
Time-of-flight in cardiac PET/TC: What do we know and what we should know?
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Jun 21. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-1336.
PubMed

SLOMKA PJ, Betancur J, Liang JX, Otaki Y, et al
Rationale and design of the REgistry of Fast Myocardial Perfusion Imaging with NExt generation SPECT (REFINE SPECT).
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Jun 19. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-1326.
PubMed Abstract available

BOWLES H, Ambrosioni J, Mestres G, Hernandez-Meneses M, et al
Diagnostic yield of (18)F-FDG PET/CT in suspected diagnosis of vascular graft infection: A prospective cohort study.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Jun 15. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-1337.
PubMed Abstract available

ARMSTRONG IS
Understanding the impact of advanced PET reconstruction in cardiac PET: The devil is in the details.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Jun 15. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-1329.
PubMed

SMALL GR, Ruddy TD
Are there any guarantees with the warranty period for normal stress SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging?
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Jun 14. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-1334.
PubMed

DE VAUGELADE C, Mesguich C, Nubret K, Camou F, et al
Infections in patients using ventricular-assist devices: Comparison of the diagnostic performance of (18)F-FDG PET/CT scan and leucocyte-labeled scintigraphy.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Jun 12. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-1323.
PubMed Abstract available

LEGALLOIS D, Manrique A
Diagnosis of infection in patients with left ventricular assist device: PET or SPECT?
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Jun 12. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-1324.
PubMed

DORIS MK, Otaki Y, Krishnan SK, Kwiecinski J, et al
Optimization of reconstruction and quantification of motion-corrected coronary PET-CT.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Jun 11. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-1317.
PubMed Abstract available

BAFADEL A, Meredith R, Xu B, Jaber W, et al
Ammonia for exercise positron emission tomography (PET): A promising technique for patients with LBBB and suspicion of coronary artery disease. A case study.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Jun 11. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-1320.
PubMed

MAEDA S, Tahara N, Takase F, Bekki M, et al
Diagnostic performance of FDG-PET/CTA in native mitral valve endocarditis.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Jun 5. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-1321.
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May 2018

HANSSON NH, Harms HJ, Kim WY, Nielsen R, et al
Test-retest repeatability of myocardial oxidative metabolism and efficiency using standalone dynamic (11)C-acetate PET and multimodality approaches in healthy controls.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 May 31. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-1302.
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DORBALA S, Ananthasubramaniam K, Armstrong IS, Chareonthaitawee P, et al
Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT) Myocardial Perfusion Imaging Guidelines: Instrumentation, Acquisition, Processing, and Interpretation.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 May 25. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-1283.
PubMed

ODDSTIG J, Martinsson E, Jogi J, Engblom H, et al
Differences in attenuation pattern in myocardial SPECT between CZT and conventional gamma cameras.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 May 23. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-1296.
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ALBERT CL, White KT, Cremer PC, Jaber WA, et al
Stress for a stressed out heart: Classic cardiac PET findings in takotsubo cardiomyopathy.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 May 18. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-1306.
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ANAND V, Chareonthaitawee P, Rodriguez-Porcel M
Positron emission tomography for diagnosis of prosthetic valve endocarditis.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 May 18. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-1301.
PubMed

BRAVO PE
Is there a role for cardiac positron emission tomography in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy?
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 May 14. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-1298.
PubMed Abstract available

KAY GN
Can positron emission tomography help stratify the risk of sudden cardiac death in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy?
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 May 14. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-1299.
PubMed

TUOMINEN H, Haarala A, Tikkakoski A, Kahonen M, et al
18-FDG-PET in a patient cohort suspected for cardiac sarcoidosis: Right ventricular uptake is associated with pathological uptake in mediastinal lymph nodes.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 May 2. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-1291.
PubMed Abstract available

BARTON GP, Vildberg L, Goss K, Aggarwal N, et al
Simultaneous determination of dynamic cardiac metabolism and function using PET/MRI.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 May 1. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-1287.
PubMed Abstract available

April 2018

TERESINSKA A
Iodine-123-metaiodobenzylguanidine cardiac SPECT imaging in the qualification of heart failure patients for ICD implantation.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Apr 25. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-1288.
PubMed

BARIZON GC, Simoes MV, Schmidt A, Gadioli LP, et al
Relationship between microvascular changes, autonomic denervation, and myocardial fibrosis in Chagas cardiomyopathy: Evaluation by MRI and SPECT imaging.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Apr 25. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-1290.
PubMed Abstract available

QUTBI M
Count density curves for gated SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging studies: An overview of technical considerations, patterns in various arrhythmia-related artifacts, and a technologist's guide for curve plotting.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Apr 13. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-1277.
PubMed

WETZL M, Sanders JC, Kuwert T, Ritt P, et al
Effect of reduced photon count levels and choice of normal data on semi-automated image assessment in cardiac SPECT.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Apr 13. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-1272.
PubMed Abstract available

THOMPSON RC
CT attenuation correction for thallium SPECT MPI and other benefits of multimodality imaging.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Apr 13. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-1255.
PubMed

BAMI K, Tewari S, Guirguis F, Garrard L, et al
Prognostic utility of splenic response ratio in dipyridamole PET myocardial perfusion imaging.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Apr 12. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-1269.
PubMed Abstract available

PORT S
Incidental findings on hybrid SPECT-CT and PET-CT scanners: Is it time for new training and reporting guidelines?
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Apr 12. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-1257.
PubMed

BENDRIEM B, Reed J, McCullough K, Khan MR, et al
The continual innovation of commercial PET/CT solutions in nuclear cardiology: Siemens Healthineers.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Apr 10. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-1262.
PubMed Abstract available

MURTHY VL, Bateman TM, Beanlands RS, Berman DS, et al
Correction to: Clinical Quantification of Myocardial Blood Flow Using PET: Joint Position Paper of the SNMMI Cardiovascular Council and the ASNC.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Apr 10. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-1259.
PubMed Abstract available

March 2018

MINAMIMOTO R, Awaya T, Iwama K, Hotta M, et al
Significance of (11)C-PIB PET/CT in cardiac amyloidosis compared with (99m)Tc-aprotinin scintigraphy: A pilot study.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Mar 27. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-1260.
PubMed Abstract available

BENZ DC, Giannopoulos AA
Do we really need to look at volumetric measurements with (99m)Tc single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) myocardial perfusion imaging?
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Mar 27. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-1263.
PubMed

RENAUD JM, Wu KY, Gardner K, Aung M, et al
Saline-push improves rubidium-82 PET image quality.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Mar 27. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-1261.
PubMed Abstract available

LEE BC, Moody JB, Poitrasson-Riviere A, Melvin AC, et al
Blood pool and tissue phase patient motion effects on (82)rubidium PET myocardial blood flow quantification.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Mar 23. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-1256.
PubMed Abstract available

SABOUR S
Prediction of 14-year cardiovascular outcomes by dobutamine stress 99mTc-tetrofosmin myocardial perfusion SPECT; methodological issues in prediction studies.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Mar 16. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-1231.
PubMed

CAMM CF, Emery A, Rose-Innes E, Pavlitchouk S, et al
How variable are the volumetric measurements from gated perfusion SPECT when a one-day stress-rest protocol is used?
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Mar 15. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-1253.
PubMed Abstract available

ASSANTE R, Cuocolo A
Real-time gated-SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging with CZT detectors: A promising tool for monitoring left ventricular function.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Mar 15. pii: 10.1007/s12350-017-0924.
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HARO ALONSO D, Wernick MN, Yang Y, Germano G, et al
Prediction of cardiac death after adenosine myocardial perfusion SPECT based on machine learning.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Mar 14. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-1250.
PubMed Abstract available

NICHOLS KJ, Van Tosh A
Rotating and stationary SPECT system patient motion myocardial perfusion artifacts.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Mar 14. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-1254.
PubMed

PELLETIER-GALARNEAU M, Finnerty V, Tan S, Authier S, et al
Assessment of left ventricular ejection fraction with cardiofocal collimators: Comparison between IQ-SPECT, planar equilibrium radionuclide angiography, and cardiac magnetic resonance.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Mar 8. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-1251.
PubMed Abstract available

MIKAIL N, Sinigaglia M, Hyafil F
Could FDG-PET imaging play a role in the detection of progressing atherosclerosis in HIV-infected patients?
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Mar 8. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-1247.
PubMed Abstract available

MOODY WE, Schmitt M, Arumugam P
Coronary microvascular dysfunction in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy detected by Rubidium-82 positron emission tomography and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Mar 7. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-1245.
PubMed

MALHOTRA S, Doukky R
Dual isotope stress Tl-201 and rest Tc-99m CZT SPECT: Are we truly leveraging CZT technology?
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Mar 6. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-1242.
PubMed

February 2018

AFTAB F, Daniels S
Reversed redistribution in SPECT images from spontaneous coronary vasospasm.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Feb 28. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-1236.
PubMed

SHARIR T
What is the value of motion and thickening in gated myocardial perfusion SPECT?
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Feb 23. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-1239.
PubMed

MASUDA A, Nemoto A, Takeishi Y
Technical aspects of cardiac PET/MRI.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Feb 21. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-1237.
PubMed Abstract available

WU KY, Dinculescu V, Renaud JM, Chen SY, et al
Repeatable and reproducible measurements of myocardial oxidative metabolism, blood flow and external efficiency using (11)C-acetate PET.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Feb 16. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-1206.
PubMed Abstract available

LAWAL IO, Ankrah AO, Popoola GO, Lengana T, et al
Arterial inflammation in young patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection: A cross-sectional study using F-18 FDG PET/CT.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Feb 7. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-1207.
PubMed Abstract available

TAILLEFER R, Harel F
Radiopharmaceuticals for cardiac imaging: Current status and future trends.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Feb 7. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-1194.
PubMed

NAQVI SY, Wittlin SD, Schwartz RG
Refining risk in diabetes and CAD with SPECT MPI: New insights and future challenges.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Feb 5. pii: 10.1007/s12350-017-1177.
PubMed

MALIK D, Mittal B, Sood A, Parmar M, et al
Left ventricular mechanical dyssynchrony assessment in long-standing type II diabetes mellitus patients with normal gated SPECT-MPI.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Feb 1. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-1208.
PubMed Abstract available

HYAFIL F, Rouzet F, Benali K
FDG-PET for the detection of infection in left ventricle assist device: Is there light at the end of the tunnel?
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Feb 1. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-1197.
PubMed

January 2018

GULLBERG GT, Shrestha UM, Seo Y
Dynamic cardiac PET imaging: Technological improvements advancing future cardiac health.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Jan 31. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-1201.
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BARONE-ROCHETTE G, Zoreka F, Djaileb L, Piliero N, et al
Diagnostic value of stress thallium-201/rest technetium-99m-sestamibi sequential dual isotope high-speed myocardial perfusion imaging for the detection of haemodynamically relevant coronary artery stenosis.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Jan 29. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-1189.
PubMed Abstract available

MANABE O, Kikuchi T, Scholte AJHA, El Mahdiui M, et al
Correction to: Radiopharmaceutical tracers for cardiac imaging.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Jan 24. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-1184.
PubMed Abstract available

THOMPSON AD, Ficaro EP, Murthy VL, Weinberg RL, et al
Rescued diagnostic quality by motion correction of dynamic cardiac positron emission tomography (PET) perfusion images.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Jan 22. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-1185.
PubMed

KHAING T, Raymond CCW, Chan WX, Hao C, et al
Quantification of myocardial blood flow and myocardial flow reserve with SPECT imaging technique.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Jan 19. pii: 10.1007/s12350-017-1152.
PubMed

NKOULOU R, Zaidi H
Does simplified quantitative analysis of (18)F-FDG PET in cardiac inflammatory disease work?
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Jan 17. pii: 10.1007/s12350-017-1179.
PubMed

QUTBI M, Soltanshahi M
The impact of patient-to-detector distance on LV volumes and TID index on SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging: Emphasis on consistent patient-detector positioning in stress and rest phases.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Jan 17. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-1193.
PubMed

ZAIDI H, Nkoulou R
Artifact-free quantitative cardiovascular PET/MR imaging: An impossible dream?
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Jan 17. pii: 10.1007/s12350-017-1163.
PubMed

SPERRY BW, Gonzalez MH, Brunken R, Cerqueira MD, et al
Non-cardiac uptake of technetium-99m pyrophosphate in transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Jan 17. pii: 10.1007/s12350-017-1166.
PubMed Abstract available

NKOULOU R, Wolfrum M, Pazhenkottil AP, Fiechter M, et al
Gated SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging with cadmium-zinc-telluride detectors allows real-time assessment of dobutamine-stress-induced wall motion abnormalities.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Jan 16. pii: 10.1007/s12350-018-1187.
PubMed Abstract available

VAN DIJK JD, Jager PL, van Osch JAC, Khodaverdi M, et al
Comparison of maximal Rubidium-82 activities for myocardial blood flow quantification between digital and conventional PET systems.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Jan 16. pii: 10.1007/s12350-017-1156.
PubMed Abstract available

KANAPINN P, Burchert W, Korperich H, Korfer J, et al
(18)F-FDG PET/CT-imaging of left ventricular assist device infection: a retrospective quantitative intrapatient analysis.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Jan 16. pii: 10.1007/s12350-017-1161.
PubMed Abstract available

MAHMOOD M
In response to Letter regarding "Meta-analysis of 18F-FDG PET/CT in the diagnosis of infective endocarditis".
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Jan 16. pii: 10.1007/s12350-017-1168.
PubMed

QUTBI M, Soltanshahi M
A practical method to reduce breast attenuation during SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Jan 11. pii: 10.1007/s12350-017-1173.
PubMed

SCHOLTENS AM
Letter regarding "Meta-analysis of 18F-FDG PET/CT in the diagnosis of infective endocarditis".
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Jan 11. pii: 10.1007/s12350-017-1160.
PubMed

BEN BOUALLEGUE F, Vauchot F, Bourdon A, Benkiran M, et al
RV function improvement following nitric oxide inhalation demonstrated by gated blood pool SPECT in a patient with primary pulmonary hypertension.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Jan 10. pii: 10.1007/s12350-017-1171.
PubMed

SCHOLTENS AM, Verberne HJ
Attenuation correction and metal artifact reduction in FDG PET/CT for prosthetic heart valve and cardiac implantable device endocarditis.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Jan 10. pii: 10.1007/s12350-017-1176.
PubMed

December 2017

HIROSHIMA Y, Manabe O, Naya M, Tomiyama Y, et al
Quantification of myocardial blood flow with (11)C-hydroxyephedrine dynamic PET: comparison with (15)O-H2O PET.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2017 Dec 21. pii: 10.1007/s12350-017-1140.
PubMed Abstract available

MURTHY VL, Bateman TM, Beanlands RS, Berman DS, et al
Clinical Quantification of Myocardial Blood Flow Using PET: Joint Position Paper of the SNMMI Cardiovascular Council and the ASNC.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2017 Dec 14. pii: 10.1007/s12350-017-1110.
PubMed

MANABE O, Kroenke M, Aikawa T, Murayama A, et al
Volume-based glucose metabolic analysis of FDG PET/CT: The optimum threshold and conditions to suppress physiological myocardial uptake.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2017 Dec 14. pii: 10.1007/s12350-017-1122.
PubMed Abstract available

PACKARD RRS, Maddahi J
Assessment of left ventricular mass by SPECT MPI.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2017 Dec 14. pii: 10.1007/s12350-017-1146.
PubMed

MORALES DCV, Bhavnani SP, Ahlberg AW, Pullatt RC, et al
Coronary risk equivalence of diabetes assessed by SPECT-MPI.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2017 Dec 6. pii: 10.1007/s12350-017-1114.
PubMed Abstract available

DJAILEB L, Riou L, Piliero N, Carabelli A, et al
SPECT myocardial ischemia in the absence of obstructive CAD: Contribution of the invasive assessment of microvascular dysfunction.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2017 Dec 5. pii: 10.1007/s12350-017-1135.
PubMed Abstract available

JOHNSRUD K, Skagen K, Seierstad T, Skjelland M, et al
(18)F-FDG PET/CT for the quantification of inflammation in large carotid artery plaques.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2017 Dec 5. pii: 10.1007/s12350-017-1121.
PubMed Abstract available

CME INSTRUCTIONS: PET measurements of myocardial blood flow post myocardial infarction: Relationship to invasive and cardiac magnetic resonance studies and potential clinical applications.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2017;24:1880-1882.
PubMed

MANABE O, Kikuchi T, Scholte AJHA, El Mahdiui M, et al
Radiopharmaceutical tracers for cardiac imaging.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2017 Dec 1. pii: 10.1007/s12350-017-1131.
PubMed Abstract available

November 2017

AHMED FZ, Arumugam P
(18)F-FDG PET/CT now endorsed by guidelines across all types of CIED infection: Evidence limited but growing.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2017 Nov 29. pii: 10.1007/s12350-017-1119.
PubMed

YANG JC, Fox J, Chen C, Yu AF, et al
Cardiac ATTR amyloid nuclear imaging-not all bone scintigraphy radionuclide tracers are created equal.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2017 Nov 29. pii: 10.1007/s12350-017-1141.
PubMed

TOKUDA Y, Sakakibara M, Yoshinaga K, Yamada S, et al
Early therapeutic effects of adaptive servo-ventilation on cardiac sympathetic nervous function in patients with heart failure evaluated using a combination of (11)C-HED PET and (123)I-MIBG SPECT.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2017 Nov 27. pii: 10.1007/s12350-017-1132.
PubMed Abstract available

LASSEN ML, Rasul S, Beitzke D, Stelzmuller ME, et al
Assessment of attenuation correction for myocardial PET imaging using combined PET/MRI.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2017 Nov 22. doi: 10.1007/s12350-017-1118.
PubMed Abstract available

ADEEL MY, Sikanderkhel S, Shahab Z, Oliva I, et al
Asymptomatic adult intrapericardial diaphragmatic hernia detected on cardiac SPECT CT.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2017 Nov 16. doi: 10.1007/s12350-017-1129.
PubMed Abstract available

FARAG AA, De Puy FG, Hage FG
Isolated right ventricular ischemia by SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging in a patient with coronary artery disease and pulmonary hypertension.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2017 Nov 15. doi: 10.1007/s12350-017-1124.
PubMed

SARRAZIN JF, Trottier M, Tessier M
Accuracy of PET/CT for detection of infective endocarditis: Where are we now?
J Nucl Cardiol. 2017 Nov 15. doi: 10.1007/s12350-017-1126.
PubMed

NAYA M, Manabe O, Koyanagawa K, Tamaki N, et al
Correction to: The role of nuclear medicine in assessments of cardiac dyssynchrony.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2017 Nov 15. doi: 10.1007/s12350-017-1113.
PubMed Abstract available

ALJAROUDI WA, Hage FG
Myocardial stunning by gated SPECT: An old tool reinvented in a stunning turn.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2017 Nov 14. doi: 10.1007/s12350-017-1127.
PubMed

CALNON DA
Failure to accurately identify the number of diseased coronary arteries: A weakness of SPECT MPI.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2017 Nov 9. doi: 10.1007/s12350-017-1073.
PubMed

ALJAROUDI WA, Hage FG
Review of cardiovascular imaging in the Journal of Nuclear Cardiology 2017. Part 1 of 2: Positron emission tomography, computed tomography, and magnetic resonance.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2017 Nov 8. doi: 10.1007/s12350-017-1120.
PubMed Abstract available

BESTETTI A, Cuko B, Decarli A, Galli A, et al
Additional value of systolic wall thickening in myocardial stunning evaluated by stress-rest gated perfusion SPECT.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2017 Nov 8. doi: 10.1007/s12350-017-1115.
PubMed Abstract available

HIGGINS AY, Taylor EP, Baldassarre LA, Miller EJ, et al
Diagnosis of extensive myocardial infiltration by diffuse large B-cell lymphoma using 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (18-FDG PET).
J Nucl Cardiol. 2017 Nov 7. doi: 10.1007/s12350-017-1099.
PubMed

VEENIS JF, Boiten HJ, van den Berge JC, Caliskan K, et al
Prediction of long-term (> 10 year) cardiovascular outcomes in heart transplant recipients: Value of stress technetium-99m tetrofosmin myocardial perfusion imaging.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2017 Nov 7. doi: 10.1007/s12350-017-1089.
PubMed Abstract available

October 2017

QUTBI M
Flickering or hot-pixel artifact on gated myocardial perfusion SPECT imaging: an illustrated review for technologists.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2017 Oct 31. doi: 10.1007/s12350-017-1112.
PubMed

MAHMOOD M, Kendi AT, Ajmal S, Farid S, et al
Meta-analysis of 18F-FDG PET/CT in the diagnosis of infective endocarditis.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2017 Oct 30. doi: 10.1007/s12350-017-1092.
PubMed Abstract available

DEKEMP RA, Wells RG, Ruddy TD
SPECT quantification of myocardial blood flow: A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step (Lao Tzu, Chinese philosopher, 604-531 BC).
J Nucl Cardiol. 2017 Oct 25. doi: 10.1007/s12350-017-1106.
PubMed

GAUDIERI V, Nappi C, Acampa W, Zampella E, et al
Added prognostic value of left ventricular shape by gated SPECT imaging in patients with suspected coronary artery disease and normal myocardial perfusion.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2017 Oct 25. doi: 10.1007/s12350-017-1090.
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LIGA R, Gimelli A
Automatic evaluation of myocardial perfusion on SPECT: Need for "Normality".
J Nucl Cardiol. 2017 Oct 25. doi: 10.1007/s12350-017-1097.
PubMed

JUNEAU D, deKemp RA, Beanlands RSB
Reporting myocardial flow reserve with PET. Ready or not, here it is! But walk before you fly!
J Nucl Cardiol. 2017 Oct 20. doi: 10.1007/s12350-017-1087.
PubMed

SLART RHJA, Glaudemans AWJM, Lancellotti P, Hyafil F, et al
A joint procedural position statement on imaging in cardiac sarcoidosis: from the Cardiovascular and Inflammation & Infection Committees of the European Association of Nuclear Medicine, the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging, and the A
J Nucl Cardiol. 2017 Oct 17. doi: 10.1007/s12350-017-1043.
PubMed

ANDRIKOPOULOU E, Morgan CJ, Brice L, Bajaj NS, et al
Incidence of atrioventricular block with vasodilator stress SPECT: A meta-analysis.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2017 Oct 17. doi: 10.1007/s12350-017-1081.
PubMed Abstract available

SCABBIO C, Zoccarato O, Malaspina S, Lucignani G, et al
Impact of non-specific normal databases on perfusion quantification of low-dose myocardial SPECT studies.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2017 Oct 17. doi: 10.1007/s12350-017-1079.
PubMed Abstract available

SOUSSAN M, Hyafil F
Can FDG-PET imaging play a role in guiding indications to endovascular treatments in patients presenting acute aortic syndromes?
J Nucl Cardiol. 2017 Oct 16. doi: 10.1007/s12350-017-1077.
PubMed

September 2017

NAYA M, Manabe O, Koyanagawa K, Tamaki N, et al
The role of nuclear medicine in assessments of cardiac dyssynchrony.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2017 Sep 27. doi: 10.1007/s12350-017-1072.
PubMed Abstract available

YOKOTA S, Mouden M, Ottervanger JP, Engbers E, et al
Coronary calcium score influences referral for invasive coronary angiography after normal myocardial perfusion SPECT.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2017 Sep 15. doi: 10.1007/s12350-017-1067.
PubMed Abstract available

KIKO T, Masuda A, Nemoto A, Tominaga H, et al
Cardiac sarcoidosis after glucocorticoid therapy evaluated by 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose PET/MRI.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2017 Sep 14. doi: 10.1007/s12350-017-1066.
PubMed

MAHMOOD M, Kendi AT, Farid S, Ajmal S, et al
Role of 18F-FDG PET/CT in the diagnosis of cardiovascular implantable electronic device infections: A meta-analysis.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2017 Sep 14. doi: 10.1007/s12350-017-1063.
PubMed Abstract available

YAMAUCHI Y, Kanzaki Y, Hayashi M, Arai M, et al
Improved diagnosis of the number of stenosed coronary artery vessels by segmentation with scatter and photo-peak window data for attenuation correction in myocardial perfusion SPECT.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2017 Sep 13. doi: 10.1007/s12350-017-1058.
PubMed Abstract available

HIASA G, Okayama H, Kawaguchi N, Kazatani Y, et al
Coronary artery disease incidentally detected by routine oncology 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2017 Sep 12. doi: 10.1007/s12350-017-1064.
PubMed

ALAVI A, Werner TJ, Hoilund-Carlsen PF
PET-based imaging to detect and characterize cardiovascular disorders: Unavoidable path for the foreseeable future.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2017 Sep 12. doi: 10.1007/s12350-017-1062.
PubMed

VAN DIJK JD, Jager PL, van Dalen JA
Patient-specific activity or scan-time in SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging: A hands-on approach.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2017 Sep 6. doi: 10.1007/s12350-017-1056.
PubMed

August 2017

DALY P, Kayse R, Rudick S, Robbins N, et al
Feasibility and safety of exercise stress testing using an anti-gravity treadmill with Tc-99m tetrofosmin single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) myocardial perfusion imaging: A pilot non-randomized controlled study.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2017 Aug 31. doi: 10.1007/s12350-017-1045.
PubMed Abstract available

YAMAKI T, de Haas HJ, Tahara N, Petrov A, et al
Cardioprotection by minocycline in a rabbit model of ischemia/reperfusion injury: Detection of cell death by in vivo 111In-GSAO SPECT.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2017 Aug 24. doi: 10.1007/s12350-017-1031.
PubMed Abstract available

STIRRUP JE, Underwood SR
PET should not replace routine SPECT MPS for the assessment of patients with known or suspected CAD.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2017 Aug 23. doi: 10.1007/s12350-017-1023.
PubMed

DI CARLI MF
Measurement of MBF by PET is ready for prime time as an integral part of clinical reports in diagnosis and risk assessment of patients with known or suspected CAD-PRO.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2017 Aug 22. doi: 10.1007/s12350-017-1035.
PubMed

VAN DIJK JD, Borren NM, Mouden M, van Dalen JA, et al
Effect of a patient-specific minimum activity in stress myocardial perfusion imaging using CZT-SPECT: Prognostic value, radiation dose, and scan outcome.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2017 Aug 18. doi: 10.1007/s12350-017-1011.
PubMed Abstract available

VALENTIN RC, Bhambhvani P
The logic and challenges of imaging sarcoidosis with whole body FDG PET.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2017 Aug 17. doi: 10.1007/s12350-017-1037.
PubMed

NAPPI C, Gaudieri V, Acampa W, Assante R, et al
Comparison of left ventricular shape by gated SPECT imaging in diabetic and nondiabetic patients with normal myocardial perfusion: A propensity score analysis.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2017 Aug 14. doi: 10.1007/s12350-017-1009.
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SLART RHJA, Juarez-Orozco LE
Early post-STEMI PET, a judicious investment?
J Nucl Cardiol. 2017 Aug 3. doi: 10.1007/s12350-017-1015.
PubMed

SCIAMMARELLA M, Shrestha UM, Seo Y, Gullberg GT, et al
A combined static-dynamic single-dose imaging protocol to compare quantitative dynamic SPECT with static conventional SPECT.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2017 Aug 3. doi: 10.1007/s12350-017-1016.
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DAOU D, Sabbah R, Coaguila C, Alattar Y, et al
A new era in gated myocardial perfusion imaging: Feasibility of data-driven cardiac contraction gating with multiple pinhole CZT SPECT.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2017 Aug 3. doi: 10.1007/s12350-017-1010.
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CHAREONTHAITAWEE P, Beanlands RS, Chen W, Dorbala S, et al
Joint SNMMI-ASNC expert consensus document on the role of 18F-FDG PET/CT in cardiac sarcoid detection and therapy monitoring.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2017 Aug 2. doi: 10.1007/s12350-017-0978.
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YANG F, Luo J, Hou Q, Xie N, et al
Predictive value of 18F-FDG PET/CT in patients with acute type B aortic intramural hematoma.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2017 Aug 2. doi: 10.1007/s12350-017-1014.
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July 2017

SARASTE A, Knuuti J
SPECT but not PET remains as the working horse of the state of the art nuclear cardiac imaging laboratory: Con.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2017 Jul 31. doi: 10.1007/s12350-017-1003.
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DAOU D
Dedicated cardiac CZT SPECT is steadily moving to achieve its destiny.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2017 Jul 25. doi: 10.1007/s12350-017-1006.
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HENZLOVA MJ
SPECT: Workhorse of state of the art nuclear cardiology.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2017 Jul 20. doi: 10.1007/s12350-017-1001.
PubMed

HOLMES AA, Phillips LM
Cardiopulmonary exercise testing and SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging: Pre-test probability is the key.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2017 Jul 19. doi: 10.1007/s12350-017-0996.
PubMed

GHOTBI AA, Clemmensen A, Kyhl K, Follin B, et al
Rubidium-82 PET imaging is feasible in a rat myocardial infarction model.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2017 Jul 18. doi: 10.1007/s12350-017-0994.
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GHOTBI AA, Hasbak P, Nepper-Christensen L, Lonborg J, et al
Early risk stratification using Rubidium-82 positron emission tomography in STEMI patients.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2017 Jul 17. doi: 10.1007/s12350-017-0993.
PubMed Abstract available

SUMMERS MR, Najm H, Gentry Iii JL, Jaber WA, et al
Exercise N-13 cardiac positron emission tomography myocardial perfusion imaging detecting ischemia in an adult patient with anomalous aortic origin of the left main coronary artery from the right coronary sinus.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2017 Jul 13. doi: 10.1007/s12350-017-0983.
PubMed Abstract available

MOHY-UD-DIN H, Boutagy NE, Stendahl JC, Zhuang ZW, et al
Quantification of intramyocardial blood volume with 99mTc-RBC SPECT-CT imaging: A preclinical study.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2017 Jul 10. doi: 10.1007/s12350-017-0970.
PubMed Abstract available

ALAVI A, Werner TJ, Hoilund-Carlsen PF
What can be and what cannot be accomplished with PET to detect and characterize atherosclerotic plaques.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2017 Jul 10. doi: 10.1007/s12350-017-0977.
PubMed

KLEIN R, Ocneanu A, deKemp RA
Time-frame sampling for 82Rb PET flow quantification: Towards standardization of clinical protocols.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2017 Jul 7. doi: 10.1007/s12350-017-0981.
PubMed

FARAG AA, Heo J, Tauxe L, Bhambhvani P, et al
Detection and quantitation of right ventricular reversible perfusion defects by stress SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging: A proof-of-principle study.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2017 Jul 6. doi: 10.1007/s12350-017-0954.
PubMed Abstract available

BENZ DC, Grani C, Ferro P, Neumeier L, et al
Corrected coronary opacification decrease from coronary computed tomography angiography: Validation with quantitative 13N-ammonia positron emission tomography.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2017 Jul 6. doi: 10.1007/s12350-017-0980.
PubMed Abstract available

PATEL DC, Gunasekaran SS, Goettl C, Sweiss NJ, et al
FDG PET-CT findings of extra-thoracic sarcoid are associated with cardiac sarcoid: A rationale for using FGD PET-CT for cardiac sarcoid evaluation.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2017 Jul 5. doi: 10.1007/s12350-017-0962.
PubMed Abstract available

June 2017

SHARIR T, Slomka P
Dual-isotope myocardial perfusion SPECT imaging: Past, present, and future.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2017 Jun 29. doi: 10.1007/s12350-017-0966.
PubMed

KOURANOS V, Wechalekar K
Search for key manifestations to predict inflammation on cardiac PET in suspected cardiac sarcoidosis population.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2017 Jun 27. doi: 10.1007/s12350-017-0969.
PubMed

PETERS A, Kumar J, Patil PV
Diagnostic implications of CZT SPECT and impact of CT attenuation correction.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2017 Jun 23. doi: 10.1007/s12350-017-0961.
PubMed

WU D, Zhang Z, Ma R, Guo F, et al
Comparison of CZT SPECT and conventional SPECT for assessment of contractile function, mechanical synchrony and myocardial scar in patients with heart failure.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2017 Jun 16. doi: 10.1007/s12350-017-0952.
PubMed Abstract available

TAO N, Qiu Y, Tang H, Qian Z, et al
Assessment of left ventricular contraction patterns using gated SPECT MPI to predict cardiac resynchronization therapy response.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2017 Jun 12. doi: 10.1007/s12350-017-0949.
PubMed Abstract available

ALJAROUDI W
Mechanical dyssynchrony with phase analysis of gated SPECT: Nap time is over.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2017 Jun 6. doi: 10.1007/s12350-017-0951.
PubMed

ISGUM I, de Vos BD, Wolterink JM, Dey D, et al
Erratum to: Automatic determination of cardiovascular risk by CT attenuation correction maps in Rb-82 PET/CT.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2017 Jun 6. doi: 10.1007/s12350-017-0946.
PubMed

TUOMINEN H, Haarala A, Tikkakoski A, Korkola P, et al
18F-FDG-PET in Finnish patients with clinical suspicion of cardiac sarcoidosis: Female sex and history of atrioventricular block increase the prevalence of positive PET findings.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2017 Jun 5. doi: 10.1007/s12350-017-0940.
PubMed Abstract available

MASUDA A, Nemoto A, Yamaki T, Oriuchi N, et al
Assessment of myocardial viability of a patient with old myocardial infarction by 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose PET/MRI.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2017 Jun 5. doi: 10.1007/s12350-017-0941.
PubMed

SCHINDLER TH
Another potential step to improve prosthetic heart valve endocarditis imaging with 18F-FDG PET/CT.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2017 Jun 5. doi: 10.1007/s12350-017-0935.
PubMed

SCHOLTENS AM, Swart LE, Kolste HJT, Budde RPJ, et al
Standardized uptake values in FDG PET/CT for prosthetic heart valve endocarditis: a call for standardization.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2017 Jun 5. doi: 10.1007/s12350-017-0932.
PubMed Abstract available

GEWIRTZ H
PET measurements of myocardial blood flow post myocardial infarction: Relationship to invasive and cardiac magnetic resonance studies and potential clinical applications.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2017 Jun 2. doi: 10.1007/s12350-017-0930.
PubMed Abstract available

May 2017

SCHOLTENS AM, Budde RPJ, Lam MGEH, Verberne HJ, et al
FDG PET/CT in prosthetic heart valve endocarditis: There is no need to wait.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2017 May 30. doi: 10.1007/s12350-017-0938.
PubMed

ISKANDRIAN AE
Accolades: Vasken Dilsizian announced as Vice President Elect of the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2017 May 25. doi: 10.1007/s12350-017-0928.
PubMed

JUAN RAMON A, Yang Y, Pretorius PH, Slomka PJ, et al
Investigation of dose reduction in cardiac perfusion SPECT via optimization and choice of the image reconstruction strategy.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2017 May 23. doi: 10.1007/s12350-017-0920.
PubMed Abstract available

IMBERT L, Roch V, Merlin C, Djaballah W, et al
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.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2017 May 16. doi: 10.1007/s12350-017-0914.
PubMed Abstract available

CASE JA, deKemp RA, Slomka PJ, Smith MF, et al
Status of cardiovascular PET radiation exposure and strategies for reduction: An Information Statement from the Cardiovascular PET Task Force.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2017 May 16. doi: 10.1007/s12350-017-0897.
PubMed Abstract available

LEE BC, Moody JB, Weinberg RL, Corbett JR, et al
Optimization of temporal sampling for 82rubidium PET myocardial blood flow quantification.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2017 May 15. doi: 10.1007/s12350-017-0899.
PubMed Abstract available

CHRISTOPOULOS G, Bois J, Allison TG, Rodriguez-Porcel M, et al
The impact of combined cardiopulmonary exercise testing and SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging on downstream evaluation and management.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2017 May 15. doi: 10.1007/s12350-017-0910.
PubMed Abstract available

YAMAMOTO H, Yamada T, Tamaki S, Morita T, et al
Prediction of sudden cardiac death in patients with chronic heart failure by regional washout rate in cardiac MIBG SPECT imaging.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2017 May 12. doi: 10.1007/s12350-017-0913.
PubMed Abstract available

MARCHESSEAU S, Seneviratna A, Sjoholm AT, Qin DL, et al
Hybrid PET/CT and PET/MRI imaging of vulnerable coronary plaque and myocardial scar tissue in acute myocardial infarction.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2017 May 12. doi: 10.1007/s12350-017-0918.
PubMed Abstract available

ARMSTRONG IS, Tonge CM, Arumugam P
Assessing time-of-flight signal-to-noise ratio gains within the myocardium and subsequent reductions in administered activity in cardiac PET studies.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2017 May 11. doi: 10.1007/s12350-017-0916.
PubMed Abstract available

SCHOLTENS AM, Swart LE, Verberne HJ, Budde RPJ, et al
Dual-time-point FDG PET/CT imaging in prosthetic heart valve endocarditis.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2017 May 4. doi: 10.1007/s12350-017-0902.
PubMed Abstract available

NAKAMURA T, Tahara N, Tahara A, Honda A, et al
Right ventricular workload assessed by FDG-PET in a patient with residual VSD and infundibular pulmonary stenosis after repair of tetralogy of Fallot.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2017 May 1. doi: 10.1007/s12350-017-0906.
PubMed

KENNEDY JA, Brodov Y, Weinstein AL, Israel O, et al
The effect of CT-based attenuation correction on the automatic perfusion score of myocardial perfusion imaging using a dedicated cardiac solid-state CZT SPECT/CT.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2017 May 1. doi: 10.1007/s12350-017-0905.
PubMed Abstract available

April 2017

JUNEAU D, Ruddy TD, Beanlands RSB, deKemp RA, et al
False-positive 13N-ammonia positron emission tomography perfusion scan caused by misalignment of adjacent lung activity during attenuation correction.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2017 Apr 27. doi: 10.1007/s12350-017-0891.
PubMed

MARCASSA C, Zoccarato O
Dual-isotope cardiac SPECT: the Twin Peaks Saga in nuclear cardiology.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2017 Apr 27. doi: 10.1007/s12350-017-0900.
PubMed

KATSIKIS A, Theodorakos A, Papaioannou S, Kalkinis A, et al
Adenosine stress myocardial perfusion imaging in octogenarians: Safety, tolerability, and long-term prognostic implications of hemodynamic response and SPECT-related variables.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2017 Apr 26. doi: 10.1007/s12350-017-0893.
PubMed Abstract available

PRETORIUS PH, Johnson KL, Dahlberg ST, King MA, et al
Investigation of the physical effects of respiratory motion compensation in a large population of patients undergoing Tc-99m cardiac perfusion SPECT/CT stress imaging.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2017 Apr 21. doi: 10.1007/s12350-017-0890.
PubMed Abstract available

NICHOLS KJ, Van Tosh A
Advances in dual respiratory and ECG-gated SPECT imaging.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2017 Apr 21. doi: 10.1007/s12350-017-0887.
PubMed

ANDRIKOPOULOU E, Bhambhvani P
Optimizing myocardial metabolism for fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography imaging of cardiac inflammation.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2017 Apr 21. doi: 10.1007/s12350-017-0872.
PubMed

MADDAHI J, Packard RR
PET should replace SPECT in cardiac imaging for diagnosis and risk assessment of patients with known or suspected CAD: Pro.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2017 Apr 10. doi: 10.1007/s12350-015-0300.
PubMed

SCHELBERT H
Measurement of MBF by PET is ready for prime time as an integral part of clinical reports in diagnosis and risk assessment of patients with known or suspected CAD : For prime time not yet: Need impact and certainty.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2017 Apr 10. doi: 10.1007/s12350-016-0423.
PubMed

IAGARU A
Incidental extra-cardiac findings on 13NH3 myocardial perfusion PET/CT.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2017 Apr 7. doi: 10.1007/s12350-017-0879.
PubMed

KAN H, van der Zant FM, Wondergem M, Knol RJ, et al
Incidental extra-cardiac findings on 13N-ammonia myocardial perfusion PET/CT.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2017 Apr 7. doi: 10.1007/s12350-017-0824.
PubMed Abstract available

ISGUM I, de Vos BD, Wolterink JM, Dey D, et al
Automatic determination of cardiovascular risk by CT attenuation correction maps in Rb-82 PET/CT.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2017 Apr 4. doi: 10.1007/s12350-017-0866.
PubMed Abstract available

JAIN T, Thanseer NT, Sood A, Parmar M, et al
Scintigraphic findings in end-stage liver disease on Tc-99m sestamibi SPECT/CT myocardial perfusion imaging.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2017 Apr 3. doi: 10.1007/s12350-017-0870.
PubMed Abstract available

PATEL MR, Calhoon JH, Dehmer GJ, Grantham JA, et al
ACC/AATS/AHA/ASE/ASNC/SCAI/SCCT/STS 2016 Appropriate Use Criteria for Coronary Revascularization in Patients With Acute Coronary Syndromes : A Report of the American College of Cardiology Appropriate Use Criteria Task Force, American Association for T
J Nucl Cardiol. 2017;24:439-463.
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TAKAMURA M, Murai H, Okabe Y, Okuyama Y, et al
Significant correlation between renal (123)I-metaiodobenzylguanidine scintigraphy and muscle sympathetic nerve activity in patients with primary hypertension.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2017;24:363-371.
PubMed Abstract available

PEIX A
Functional versus anatomical approach in stable coronary artery disease patients: Perspective of low- and middle-income countries.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2017;24:518-522.
PubMed Abstract available

JAIN T, Khadwal A, Sood A, Kalathoorakath R, et al
Bone marrow hyperplasia detected by gated blood pool imaging.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2017;24:739-741.
PubMed Abstract available

ARGULIAN E, Po JRF, Uretsky S, Kommaraju KK, et al
Comparison of the current reasons for undergoing pharmacologic stress during echocardiographic and radionuclide stress testing.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2017;24:546-554.
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RAI M, Ahlberg AW, Marwell J, Chaudhary W, et al
Safety of vasodilator stress myocardial perfusion imaging in patients with elevated cardiac biomarkers.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2017;24:724-734.
PubMed Abstract available

GIMELLI A, Liga R, Duce V, Kusch A, et al
Accuracy of myocardial perfusion imaging in detecting multivessel coronary artery disease: A cardiac CZT study.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2017;24:687-695.
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HESS PL, Shaw LK, Fudim M, Iskandrian AE, et al
The prognostic value of mechanical left ventricular dyssynchrony defined by phase analysis from gated single-photon emission computed tomography myocardial perfusion imaging among patients with coronary heart disease.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2017;24:482-490.
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YAO Z, Zhu H, Li W, Chen C, et al
Adenosine triphosphate stress myocardial perfusion imaging for risk stratification of patients aged 70 years and older with suspected coronary artery disease.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2017;24:429-433.
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TRAVIN MI, Henzlova MJ, van Eck-Smit BLF, Jain D, et al
Assessment of (123)I-mIBG and (99m)Tc-tetrofosmin single-photon emission computed tomographic images for the prediction of arrhythmic events in patients with ischemic heart failure: Intermediate severity innervation defects are associated with higher
J Nucl Cardiol. 2017;24:377-391.
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KATSIKIS A, Theodorakos A, Drosatos A, Konstantinou K, et al
Risk stratification for large artery or chronic coronary artery disease-related ischemic stroke in octogenarians undergoing exercise stress myocardial perfusion imaging: A cohort study.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2017;24:591-595.
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MASSALHA S, Reizberg I, Israel O, Kapeliovich M, et al
Conduction abnormalities during dipyridamole stress testing.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2017;24:405-409.
PubMed Abstract available

March 2017

KRACSKO B, Barna S, Santha O, Kiss A, et al
Effect of patient positioning on the evaluation of myocardial perfusion SPECT.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2017 Mar 30. doi: 10.1007/s12350-017-0865.
PubMed Abstract available

HARNETT DT, Hazra S, Maze R, Mc Ardle BA, et al
Clinical performance of Rb-82 myocardial perfusion PET and Tc-99m-based SPECT in patients with extreme obesity.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2017 Mar 29. doi: 10.1007/s12350-017-0855.
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ZHOU W, Tao N, Hou X, Wang Y, et al
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.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2017 Mar 28. doi: 10.1007/s12350-017-0853.
PubMed Abstract available

NAKAHARA T, Toyama T, Kurabayashi M
The importance of SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging in clinical practice; diagnosis, patient education, and evaluation of optimal medical therapy.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2017 Mar 23. doi: 10.1007/s12350-017-0852.
PubMed

GENOVESI D, Vergaro G, Emdin M, Giorgetti A, et al
PET-CT evaluation of amyloid systemic involvement with [18F]-florbetaben in patient with proved cardiac amyloidosis: a case report.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2017 Mar 21. doi: 10.1007/s12350-017-0856.
PubMed Abstract available

February 2017

BHAMBHVANI P, Hage FG, Iskandrian AE
A quick glance at selected topics in this issue.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2017;24:6-8.
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PAEZ D, Peix A, Orellana P, Vitola J, et al
Current status of nuclear cardiology practice in Latin America and the Caribbean.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2017;24:308-316.
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O' DOHERTY J, McGowan DR, Abreu C, Barrington S, et al
Effect of Bayesian-penalized likelihood reconstruction on [13N]-NH3 rest perfusion quantification.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2017;24:282-290.
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MARCASSA C, Zoccarato O
Advances in image reconstruction software in nuclear cardiology: Is all that glitters gold?
J Nucl Cardiol. 2017;24:142-144.
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DENDY JM, Tilkemeier P
Successful innovation: A time for change?
J Nucl Cardiol. 2017;24:134-137.
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HYAFIL F, Rouzet F, Le Guludec D
Nuclear imaging for patients with a suspicion of infective endocarditis: Be part of the team!
J Nucl Cardiol. 2017;24:207-211.
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DE ROSA A, Pellegrino T, Pappata S, Pellecchia MT, et al
Myocardial (123)I-metaiodobenzylguanidine scintigraphy in patients with homozygous and heterozygous parkin mutations.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2017;24:103-107.
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TOWNSEND R, Desai A, Rammelsberg D, Kowalski D, et al
Safety and tolerability of intravenous regadenoson in healthy subjects: A randomized, repeat-dose, placebo-controlled study.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2017;24:57-65.
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DOS SANTOS MJ, da Rocha ET, Verberne HJ, da Silva ET, et al
Assessment of late anthracycline-induced cardiotoxicity by (123)I-mIBG cardiac scintigraphy in patients treated during childhood and adolescence.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2017;24:256-264.
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JANVIER L, Pinaquy J, Douard H, Karcher G, et al
A useful and easy to develop combined stress test for myocardial perfusion imaging: Regadenoson and isometric exercise, preliminary results.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2017;24:34-40.
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VAN TOSH A, Votaw JR, Cooke CD, Reichek N, et al
Relationships between left ventricular asynchrony and myocardial blood flow.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2017;24:43-52.
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ENGBERS EM, Timmer JR, Ottervanger JP, Mouden M, et al
Sequential SPECT/CT imaging for detection of coronary artery disease in a large cohort: evaluation of the need for additional imaging and radiation exposure.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2017;24:212-223.
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January 2017

VAN TOSH A, Nichols KJ
Pharmacologic stress myocardial perfusion imaging in patients with pulmonary hypertension: What do we know, and what remains to be learned?
J Nucl Cardiol. 2017 Jan 10. doi: 10.1007/s12350-016-0771.
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November 2016

MOLES VM, Cascino T, Saleh A, Mikhova K, et al
Safety of regadenoson stress testing in patients with pulmonary hypertension.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2016.
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