B2 Non-refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book
Evaluations of cardiovascular diseases with hybrid PET-CT imaging
Authors: Saraste A., Kajander S., Knuuti J.
Editors: Yi-Hwa Liu, Albert J. Sinusas
Edition: 1.
Publisher: CRC Press
Publishing place: Boca Raton
Publication year: 2017
Book title : Hybrid Imaging in Cardiovascular Medicine
Journal name in source: Hybrid Imaging in Cardiovascular Medicine
Series title: Imaging in Medical Diagnosis and Therapy
First page : 351
Last page: 364
ISBN: 978-1-4665-9537-8
eISBN: 978-1-4665-9538-5
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1201/9781315374031
The main clinical application of cardiac hybrid imaging so far has been the evaluation of coronary artery disease (CAD). It is well known that the angiographic severity of coronary lesion is a poor predictor of its hemodynamic significance (Gould and Johnson 2010; Tonino et al. 2010; Uren et al. 1994; White et al. 1984). Correspondingly, studies of computed tomographic angiography (CTA) have shown that only 30%–50% of stenoses with more than 50% luminal narrowing are associated with reversible perfusion defects on myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI). On the other hand, many patients with completely normal myocardial perfusion may have nonobstructive CAD (Gaemperli et al. 2007; Hacker et al. 2007; Schuijf et al. 2006).