Cardiac sarcoid or arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy: A role for positron emission tomography (PET)?

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 479-480

  Choo, Wai Kah ^a   Denison, Alan R ^a,b   Miller, David R ^a   Dempsey, Owen J ^a   Dawson, Dana K ^a,b   Broadhurst, Paul A ^a  

^a ABERDEEN ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy; cardiac sarcoidosis; Positron emission tomography

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GADOLINIUM; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HEART PALPITATION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DYSPLASIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOIDOSIS; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

ARRHYTHMOGENIC RIGHT VENTRICULAR DYSPLASIA; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SARCOIDOSIS;

EID: 84878016976     PISSN: 10713581     EISSN: 15326551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12350-013-9683-5     Document Type: Article

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