B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal
Procedural recommendations of cardiac PET/CT imaging: standardization in inflammatory-, infective-, infiltrative-, and innervation (4Is)-related cardiovascular diseases: a joint collaboration of the EACVI and the EANM
Authors: Riemer H. J. A. Slart, Andor W. J. M. Glaudemans, Olivier Gheysens, Mark Lubberink, Tanja Kero, Marc R. Dweck, Gilbert Habib, Oliver Gaemperli, Antti Saraste, Alessia Gimelli, Panagiotis Georgoulias, Hein J. Verberne, Jan Bucerius, Christoph Rischpler, Fabien Hyafil, Paola A. Erba; 4Is Cardiovascular Imaging: a joint initiative of the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging (EACVI) and the European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM)
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Publication year: 2021
Journal: European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
Journal name in source: European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
eISSN: 1619-7089
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00259-020-05066-5
Self-archived copy’s web address: https://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/50978232
With this document, we provide a standard for PET/(diagnostic) CT imaging procedures in cardiovascular diseases that are inflammatory, infective, infiltrative, or associated with dysfunctional innervation (4Is). This standard should be applied in clinical practice and integrated in clinical (multicenter) trials for optimal procedural standardization. A major focus is put on procedures using [18F]FDG, but 4Is PET radiopharmaceuticals beyond [18F]FDG are also described in this document. Whilst these novel tracers are currently mainly applied in early clinical trials, some multicenter trials are underway and we foresee in the near future their use in clinical care and inclusion in the clinical guidelines. Finally, PET/MR applications in 4Is cardiovascular diseases are also briefly described. Diagnosis and management of 4Is-related cardiovascular diseases are generally complex and often require a multidisciplinary approach by a team of experts. The new standards described herein should be applied when using PET/CT and PET/MR, within a multimodality imaging framework both in clinical practice and in clinical trials for 4Is cardiovascular indications.
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