Diagnostic Efficacy of Cardiac Scintigraphy with 99mTc-Pyrophosphate for Latent Myocardial Inflammation in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation.

Julia IlyushenkovaSvetlana SazonovaKonstantin ZavadovskyRoman BatalovYuliya RogovskayaYana AnfinogenovaYurii Lishmanov

Published in: Cardiology research and practice (2020)

SPECT/CT-based quantitative assessment of 99mTc-Pyrophosphate accumulation in the myocardium is a highly informative noninvasive method for diagnosis of inflammatory process in the heart in patients with AF of undefined etiology.

Keyphrases

oxidative stress
left ventricular
pet ct
atrial fibrillation
heart failure
computed tomography
image quality
dual energy
positron emission tomography
magnetic resonance imaging