Myocardial metabolic improvement prior to electrocardiographic or volumetric changes of the right ventricle in pulmonary arterial hypertension

J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Feb;25(1):358-359. doi: 10.1007/s12350-016-0769-8. Epub 2017 Jan 3.

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, 67 Asahi-machi, Kurume, 830-0011, Japan.
² Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, 67 Asahi-machi, Kurume, 830-0011, Japan. ntahara@med.kurume-u.ac.jp.
³ Department of Radiology, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan.

PMID: 28050862
DOI: 10.1007/s12350-016-0769-8

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Asthma / complications
Echocardiography*
Electrocardiography*
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
Heart Ventricles / diagnostic imaging*
Humans
Hypertension, Pulmonary / diagnostic imaging*
Hypertrophy, Right Ventricular / diagnostic imaging
Male
Myocardium / metabolism*
Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography
Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency

Substances

Fluorodeoxyglucose F18