BookMatthieu Pelletier-Galarneau, Patrick Martineau, editors.
Summary: This book is a clinically oriented, up-to-date, and in-depth review of the various applications of FDG-PET/CT and PET/MR in cardiovascular diseases with emphasis on the current available evidence. Positron emission tomography (PET) imaging with fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) has seen increased applications in cardiovascular diseases over the last decades. Its utility is already established in a wide range of conditions, including myocardial viability imaging, assessment of inflammatory diseases such as sarcoidosis and vasculitis, as well as imaging of infectious processes, such as infective endocarditis and cardiac implantable electronic device infection. In addition, there are several emerging indications such as the imaging of left ventricular assisting device infection and native valve endocarditis as well as new applications under investigation. The first section of the book reviews the technical basis of cardiovascular PET/CT and PET/MR imaging as well as cardiac metabolism. The following chapters each present specific pathologies, presenting epidemiology, pathophysiology, and diagnostic strategies, along with high quality clinical cases to support the discussion. The final chapter is a review of 15 interesting and clinically relevant cases. This is an ideal guide for nuclear medicine physicians, cardiologists, radiologists, residents, post-graduate fellows, and technologists.
Contents:
Section I: Instrumentation and Metabolism
Cardiac Positron Emission Tomography Basics
Cardiac PET/MR basics
Review of Cardiac Metabolism and FDG
Myocardial Suppression Protocols
Section II: Inflammatory and Malignant Disorders
Cardiac Sarcoidosis
Myocarditis
Large Vessel Vasculitis
Pericardial Diseases
Ventricular Arrhythmias
FDG-PET Imaging of Cardiac Tumors
Section III: Cardiovascular Infections
Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis
Native Valve Endocarditis
Cardiac Implantable Electronic Device Infection
Vascular Graft Infection
Left Ventricular Assisting Device Infection
Sternal Wound Infection
Section IV: Atherosclerotic Disease
Peripheral Atherosclerotic Disease
Coronary Artery Disease
Viability Imaging
Section V: FDG-PET in Special Populations
Pediatrics Cardiovascular FDG-PET imaging
FDG-PET/CT in Heart Transplant
Pitfalls of FDG-PET in cardiovascular Imaging
Atlas of Cases.