Quantification of PET Myocardial Blood Flow. 2019

Matthieu Pelletier-Galarneau, and Patrick Martineau, and Georges El Fakhri
Gordon Center for Medical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.

The aim of this review is to provide an update on quantification of myocardial blood flow (MBF) with positron emission tomography (PET) imaging. Technical and clinical aspects of flow quantification with PET are reviewed. The diagnostic and prognostic values of myocardial flow quantification have been established in numerous studies and in various populations. MBF quantification has also shown itself to be particularly useful in the assessment of coronary microvascular dysfunction and in evaluation of cardiac allograft vasculopathy. Overall, myocardial flow reserve (MFR) and hyperemic MBF can lead to improved risk stratification by providing information complementary to that of other markers of disease severity, such as fractional flow reserve. Flow quantification enhances MPI's ability to detect both significant epicardial disease and microvascular dysfunction. With recent technological and methodological advances, flow quantification with PET is no longer restricted to cyclotron-equipped academic centers.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008833 Microcirculation The circulation of the BLOOD through the MICROVASCULAR NETWORK. Microvascular Blood Flow,Microvascular Circulation,Blood Flow, Microvascular,Circulation, Microvascular,Flow, Microvascular Blood,Microvascular Blood Flows,Microvascular Circulations
D003324 Coronary Artery Disease Pathological processes of CORONARY ARTERIES that may derive from a congenital abnormality, atherosclerotic, or non-atherosclerotic cause. Arteriosclerosis, Coronary,Atherosclerosis, Coronary,Coronary Arteriosclerosis,Coronary Atherosclerosis,Left Main Coronary Artery Disease,Left Main Coronary Disease,Left Main Disease,Arterioscleroses, Coronary,Artery Disease, Coronary,Artery Diseases, Coronary,Atheroscleroses, Coronary,Coronary Arterioscleroses,Coronary Artery Diseases,Coronary Atheroscleroses,Left Main Diseases
D003326 Coronary Circulation The circulation of blood through the CORONARY VESSELS of the HEART. Circulation, Coronary
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D017023 Coronary Angiography Radiography of the vascular system of the heart muscle after injection of a contrast medium. Angiography, Coronary,Angiographies, Coronary,Coronary Angiographies
D049268 Positron-Emission Tomography An imaging technique using compounds labelled with short-lived positron-emitting radionuclides (such as carbon-11, nitrogen-13, oxygen-15 and fluorine-18) to measure cell metabolism. It has been useful in study of soft tissues such as CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; and brain. SINGLE-PHOTON EMISSION-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY is closely related to positron emission tomography, but uses isotopes with longer half-lives and resolution is lower. PET Imaging,PET Scan,Positron-Emission Tomography Imaging,Tomography, Positron-Emission,Imaging, PET,Imaging, Positron-Emission Tomography,PET Imagings,PET Scans,Positron Emission Tomography,Positron Emission Tomography Imaging,Positron-Emission Tomography Imagings,Scan, PET,Tomography Imaging, Positron-Emission,Tomography, Positron Emission
D053805 Fractional Flow Reserve, Myocardial The ratio of maximum blood flow to the MYOCARDIUM with CORONARY STENOSIS present, to the maximum equivalent blood flow without stenosis. The measurement is commonly used to verify borderline stenosis of CORONARY ARTERIES. Myocardial Fractional Flow Reserve
D055414 Myocardial Perfusion Imaging The creation and display of functional images showing where the blood is flowing into the MYOCARDIUM by following over time the distribution of tracers injected into the blood stream. Myocardial Scintigraphy,Scintigraphy, Myocardial,Imaging, Myocardial Perfusion,Perfusion Imaging, Myocardial
D055806 Microvessels The finer blood vessels of the vasculature that are generally less than 100 microns in internal diameter. Microvasculature,Microvascular Network,Microvascular Networks,Microvessel,Network, Microvascular,Networks, Microvascular

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