Seeking clarity: Insights from a highly effective preparation protocol for suppressing myocardial glucose uptake for PET imaging of cardiac inflammation

J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Jun;27(3):862-864. doi: 10.1007/s12350-019-01864-z. Epub 2019 Aug 22.

Authors

Michael T Osborne¹, Sanjay Divakaran²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Radiology and Cardiology Division, Cardiovascular Imaging Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, 55 Fruit St., Yawkey 5E, Boston, MA, 02114-2750, USA. mosborne@partners.org.
² Cardiovascular Imaging Program, Departments of Radiology and Medicine and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.

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Editorial
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
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MeSH terms

Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
Glucose*
Humans
Inflammation / diagnostic imaging
Myocardium
Positron-Emission Tomography*

Substances

Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
Glucose

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