18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography in Cardiac Inflammation: An Educational Case Series

Gary Parizher; Nicholas Chan; Serge Harb; Wael Jaber

doi:10.1016/j.jaccas.2022.09.027

¹⁸F-Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography in Cardiac Inflammation: An Educational Case Series

JACC Case Rep. 2022 Nov 16;4(23):101661. doi: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2022.09.027. eCollection 2022 Dec 7.

Authors

Gary Parizher¹, Nicholas Chan¹, Serge Harb¹, Wael Jaber¹

Affiliation

¹ Cardiac Imaging Section, Heart, Vascular, and Thoracic Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.

Abstract

We present an illustrative educational case series focused on the use of nuclear imaging in the diagnosis and follow-up of cardiac inflammation. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.).

Keywords: FDG, 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose; ICD, implanted cardioverter-defibrillator; LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction; PET/CT, positron emission tomography/computed tomography; Rb82, rubidium-82; cardiac magnetic resonance; cardiomyopathy; echocardiography; nuclear medicine; positron emission tomography.

Publication types

Case Reports