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PET in Cardiology: Clinical Background

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Clinical PET

Part of the book series: Developments in Nuclear Medicine ((DNUM,volume 28))

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Abstract

Positron emitting compounds and positron emission tomography (PET) have opened new windows for the understanding of physiological and pathophysiological mechanisms of myocardial metabolism, receptor physiology and blood flow. This chapter focuses on two areas of clinical relevance where conventional diagnostic techniques may be misleading and a more accurate technique is clearly needed: the exact documentation of the severity of the coronary artery stenosis as a basis for therapeutic planning and the identification of viable myocardium in patients after myocardial infarction.

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  1. Department of Nuclear Medicine, Eberhard-Karls-University, Roentgenweg 13, D-72076, Tuebingen, Germany

    Roland B. Bares

  2. INB-CNR, Department of Nuclear Medicine, University of Milan, Scientific Institute H.S., Via Olgettina 60, Raffaele, Milan, I- 20132, Italy

    Giovanni Lucignani

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Schneider, C.A., Voth, E., Schicha, H., Sechtem, U. (1996). PET in Cardiology: Clinical Background. In: Bares, R.B., Lucignani, G. (eds) Clinical PET. Developments in Nuclear Medicine, vol 28. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-0309-8_1

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