Abstract
The noninvasive detection of the presence and functional significance of coronary artery stenosis is important in the diagnosis, risk assessment, and management of patients with known or suspected coronary artery disease. Quantitative assessment of myocardial perfusion can provide an objective and reproducible estimate of myocardial ischemia and risk prediction. Positron emission tomography, cardiac magnetic resonance, and cardiac computed tomography perfusion are modalities capable of measuring myocardial blood flow and coronary flow reserve. In this review, we will discuss the technical aspects of quantitative myocardial perfusion imaging with positron emission tomography, cardiac magnetic resonance imaging, and computed tomography, and its emerging clinical applications.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Article number | 483 |
| Journal | Current Cardiology Reports |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - May 2014 |
| Externally published | Yes |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
Keywords
- Cardiac computed tomographic perfusion
- Cardiac positron emission tomography
- Cardiacmagnetic resonance imaging perfusion
- Coronary artery disease
- Myocardial blood flow quantitation
- Myocardial perfusion imaging