Diagnosis of cardiac sarcoidosis through mismatched defects seen on N-13 NH3/F-18 FDG cardiac PET

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1156-1157

  Chen, Stuart ^a,b   Bokhari, Sabahat ^a  

^a Department of Medicine   (United States)

^b New York Presbyterian/Columbia ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

cardiovascular imaging agents techniques; nuclear cardiology; PET; sarcoidosis

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA N 13; CORTICOSTEROID; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CARDIAC IMAGING; CARDIAC SARCOIDOSIS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DIZZINESS; DRUG MEGADOSE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FATIGUE; FOLLOW UP; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART DISEASE; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART MUSCLE METABOLISM; HEART PERFUSION; HUMAN; LUNG NODULE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PACEMAKER; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REPEAT PROCEDURE; SARCOIDOSIS; STENT; STEROID THERAPY; SYNCOPE;

AMMONIA; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITROGEN RADIOISOTOPES; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SARCOIDOSIS;

EID: 80955123735     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: 15360229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e3182336113     Document Type: Article

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