Abdelrahman Ali MD , Yang Lu MD, PhD , Shaden Khalaf , Cezar Iliescu MD , Efstratios Koutroumpakis MD , Syed Wamique Yusuf MBBS , Bilal A. Siddiqui MD , Sumit K. Subudhi MD, PhD , Anita Deswal MD, MPH , Nicolas L. Palaskas MD MPH
{"title":"Use of positron emission tomography for the diagnosis of immune-checkpoint inhibitor| myocarditis","authors":"Abdelrahman Ali MD , Yang Lu MD, PhD , Shaden Khalaf , Cezar Iliescu MD , Efstratios Koutroumpakis MD , Syed Wamique Yusuf MBBS , Bilal A. Siddiqui MD , Sumit K. Subudhi MD, PhD , Anita Deswal MD, MPH , Nicolas L. Palaskas MD MPH","doi":"10.1016/j.nuclcard.2024.101909","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.nuclcard.2024.101909","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16476,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Nuclear Cardiology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141759235","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Translational molecular imaging: Thrombosis imaging with positron emission tomography","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.nuclcard.2024.101848","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.nuclcard.2024.101848","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>A key focus of cardiovascular medicine is the detection, treatment, and prevention of disease, with a move towards more personalized and patient-centred treatments. To achieve this goal, novel imaging approaches that allow for early and accurate detection of disease and risk stratification are needed. At present, the diagnosis, monitoring, and prognostication of thrombotic cardiovascular diseases are based on imaging techniques that measure changes in structural anatomy and biological function. Molecular imaging is emerging as a new tool for the non-invasive detection of biological processes, such as thrombosis, that can improve identification of these events above and beyond current imaging modalities. At the forefront of these evolving techniques is the use of high-sensitivity radiotracers in conjunction with positron emission tomography imaging that could revolutionise current diagnostic paradigms by improving our understanding of the role and origin of thrombosis in a range of cardiovascular diseases.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":16476,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Nuclear Cardiology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140153057","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Caravan of dreams: Precision quantitative imaging shaping the future of nuclear cardiology","authors":"Marcelo F. Di Carli MD, MASNC","doi":"10.1016/j.nuclcard.2024.102044","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.nuclcard.2024.102044","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16476,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Nuclear Cardiology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142381085","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Does digital positron emission tomography/computed tomography represent a step forward in the diagnostic accuracy of infective endocarditis?","authors":"Maria Nazarena Pizzi MD, PhD","doi":"10.1016/j.nuclcard.2024.102024","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.nuclcard.2024.102024","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16476,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Nuclear Cardiology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142055827","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Assessing vasodilator stress.","authors":"Joseph C Lee, Jia Wen Chong, William W Chik","doi":"10.1016/j.nuclcard.2024.102034","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.nuclcard.2024.102034","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16476,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Nuclear Cardiology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142073051","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jennifer M Renaud, Mouaz H Al-Mallah, Prem Soman, Robert A deKemp, Rob S B Beanlands, Parthiban Arumugam, Ian S Armstrong, John O Prior, Chaitanya Madamanchi, Sascha N Goonewardena, Alexis Poitrasson-Rivière, Jonathan B Moody, Edward P Ficaro, Venkatesh L Murthy
{"title":"How to differentiate obstructive from non-obstructive CAD with PET: Developments in high-resolution regional quantification of MBF and MFR.","authors":"Jennifer M Renaud, Mouaz H Al-Mallah, Prem Soman, Robert A deKemp, Rob S B Beanlands, Parthiban Arumugam, Ian S Armstrong, John O Prior, Chaitanya Madamanchi, Sascha N Goonewardena, Alexis Poitrasson-Rivière, Jonathan B Moody, Edward P Ficaro, Venkatesh L Murthy","doi":"10.1016/j.nuclcard.2024.102023","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.nuclcard.2024.102023","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16476,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Nuclear Cardiology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142046825","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Quantitative myocardial perfusion in liver transplantation candidates: Poorly metabolized caffeine inhibition of vasodilatory stress","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.nuclcard.2024.101884","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.nuclcard.2024.101884","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><p>Data on cardiac positron emission tomography (PET) in liver transplantation (LT) candidates are limited with no prior study accounting for poorly metabolized caffeine reducing stress perfusion.</p></div><div><h3>Method</h3><p>Consecutive LT candidates (n = 114) undergoing cardiac rest/stress PET were instructed to abstain from caffeine for 2 days extended to 5 and 7 days. Due to persistently high prevalence of measurable blood caffeine after 5-day caffeine abstinence, dipyridamole (n = 41) initially used was changed to dobutamine (n = 73). Associations of absolute flow, coronary flow reserve (CFR), detectable blood caffeine, and Modified End-Stage Liver Disease (MELD) score for liver failure severity were evaluated. Coronary flow data of LT candidates were compared to non-LT control group (n = 102 for dipyridamole, n = 29 for dobutamine).</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>Prevalence of patients with detectable blood caffeine was 63.3%, 36.7% and 33.3% after 2-, 5- and 7-day of caffeine abstinence, respectively. MELD score was associated with detectable caffeine (odd ratio 1.18,<em>P</em> < 0.001). CFR was higher during dipyridamole stress without-caffeine versus with-caffeine (2.22 ± 0.80 vs 1.55 ± 0.37,<em>P</em> = 0.048) but lower than dobutamine stress (2.22 ± 0.80 vs 2.82 ± 1.02,<em>P</em> = 0.026). Mediation analysis suggested that the dominant association between CFR and MELD score in dipyridamole group derived from caffeine-impaired CFR and liver failure/caffeine interaction. CFR in LT candidates was lower than non-LT control population in both dipyridamole and dobutamine group.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><p>We demonstrate exceptionally high prevalence of detectable blood caffeine in LT candidates undergoing stress PET myocardial perfusion imaging resulting in reduced CFR with dipyridamole compared to dobutamine. The delayed caffeine clearance in LT candidates makes dobutamine a preferred stress agent in this population.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":16476,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Nuclear Cardiology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1071358124005385/pdfft?md5=6d5acf7e9e33b684cad7227f743923df&pid=1-s2.0-S1071358124005385-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140957744","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Deeper insights from deep learning: Enhanced myocardial perfusion assessments using multimodal artificial intelligence","authors":"Michael T. Lu MD, MPH, Ahmed Tawakol MD","doi":"10.1016/j.nuclcard.2024.102014","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.nuclcard.2024.102014","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16476,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Nuclear Cardiology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141875097","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Absolute Quantification in Nuclear Cardiology: Moving From “I Think” to “I Know.”","authors":"Richard M. Fleming PhD, MD, JD","doi":"10.1016/j.nuclcard.2024.101956","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.nuclcard.2024.101956","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16476,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Nuclear Cardiology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142086753","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}