Abstract

Methods A pilot study of eleven patients (6 fixed hypoperfusion on cardiac SPECT and 5 healthy volunteers) performed an imaging study using a hybrid PET/MRI (Philips). Non-contrast right coronary artery (RCA) targeted and whole heart 3D coronary angio-MRI using ECG-gating and respiratory navigator was performed in healthy volunteers with reconstruction performed using MPR and volume rendering.

Details

Title
Value of a hybrid PET/MRI in the assessment of cardiac viability
Author
Carballo, David; Nkoulou, René; Vincenti, Gabriella; Quercioli, Alessandra; Heinzer, Susanne; Didier, Dominique; Stuber, Matthias; Schindler, Thomas; Ratib, Osman; Vallee, Jean
First page
P80
Publication year
2012
Publication date
2012
Publisher
BioMed Central
ISSN
10976647
e-ISSN
1532429X
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
919438393
Copyright
© 2012 Carballo et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.