Assessing cardiovascular infection and inflammation with FDG-PET

Patrick Martineau; Jean Grégoire; Francois Harel; Matthieu Pelletier-Galarneau

Assessing cardiovascular infection and inflammation with FDG-PET

Am J Nucl Med Mol Imaging. 2021 Feb 15;11(1):46-58. eCollection 2021.

Authors

Patrick Martineau¹, Jean Grégoire², Francois Harel², Matthieu Pelletier-Galarneau^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ BC Cancer Agency Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
² Department of Medical Imaging, Montreal Heart Institute Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
³ Gordon Center for Medical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School Boston, USA.

PMID: 33688455
PMCID: PMC7936252

Abstract

FDG-PET has been shown to be a useful imaging modality for the assessment of cardiovascular infection and inflammatory pathologies. However, interpretation of these studies can be challenging in light of the variability of physiological myocardial uptake and, occasionally, interpreter's lack of familiarity with the typical findings present in cardiac pathologies. In this article, we review established and emerging applications for cardiovascular infection and inflammation imaging with FDG-PET and present typical examples of representative pathologies.

Keywords: FDG; Positron emission tomography; cardiovascular; fluorodeoxyglucose; infection; inflammation.

Publication types

Review