Positron emission tomography (PET) is a powerful, quantitative imaging modality that has
been used for decades to noninvasively investigate cardiovascular biology and physiology …

The field of nuclear cardiology is witnessing growing interest in the use of cardiac PET for
the evaluation of patients with coronary artery disease (CAD). The available evidence …

Stress-induced myocardial perfusion defects have been firmly established as an important
diagnostic and prognostic technique for identifying flow-limiting epicardial coronary artery …

The use of cardiac PET, and in particular of quantitative myocardial perfusion PET, has been
growing during the last years, because scanners are becoming widely available and …

Abstract Purpose The PET tracer 82 Rb is commonly used to evaluate regional perfusion
defects for the diagnosis of coronary artery disease. There is limited information on the …

Objective.—To quantify changes in size and severity of myocardial perfusion abnormalities
by positron emission tomography (PET) in patients with coronary artery disease after 5 years …

PET myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) is increasingly being used for noninvasive
detection and evaluation of coronary artery disease. However, the widespread use of PET …

Coronary function versus anatomy, flow versus stenosis: which optimizes coronary artery
disease (CAD) management? In patients, coronary flow is poorly related to stenosis severity …

Coronary artery disease has been the leading cause of death since the 1960s, which has
motivated the research and development of myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) agents for …

Cardiac positron emission tomography (PET) imaging has advanced from primarily a
research tool to a practical, high-performance clinical imaging modality. The widespread …