Erschienen in:
24.09.2021 | Editorial
How shall we judge a PET flow model?
verfasst von:
Nils P. Johnson, MD, MS, K. Lance Gould, MD
Erschienen in:
Journal of Nuclear Cardiology
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Ausgabe 5/2022
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Excerpt
Starting over 70 years ago,
1 clinicians began quantifying myocardial blood flow to diagnose and guide treatment. During the past seven decades, a large number of tools has been developed, both invasive and non-invasive. The ongoing utility of myocardial blood flow assessment testifies the underlying clinical need. Why does this patient have chest pain or dyspnea? Should I perform coronary angiography or how should I interpret its anatomy? Will the patient benefit from revascularization? And, if yes, which vessels require a procedure? …