Course Overview: Cardiovascular PET: Moving into F-18 Myocardial Perfusion Imaging – Insights from Experts-Myocardial Blood Flow: Today and Expectations of an F-18 Tracer

Myocardial Blood Flow: Today and Expectations of an F-18 Tracer

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Dr. Marcel DiCarli from Mass General Brigham Hospital discusses the importance of quantifying myocardial blood flow using the tracer 15F-loropirid. He explains that this quantification is a game-changer for nuclear cardiology and PET imaging, allowing for better diagnosis and predictions of outcomes. The high extraction of the tracer makes it easy to quantify, and the results of clinical trials have been robust. However, there is a need to accurately differentiate between obstructive and non-obstructive disease to avoid unnecessary referrals for angiography. Dr. DiCarli also mentions the potential for using flow measurements during exercise stress tests and the importance of detecting non-obstructive microvascular disease.

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Expert Insights by speaker Marcelo Di Carli, MD, MASNC

Keywords

Myocardial blood flow

15F-loropirid

Quantification

Nuclear cardiology

PET imaging