Ronny R Buechel, Domenico Ciancone, Adam Bakula, Elia von Felten, Gian-Andrea Schmidt, Dimitri Patriki, Christoph Gräni, Andreas Wahl, Robert Manka, Bettina Heidecker, Dominik C Benz, Andreas A Giannopoulos, Aju P Pazhenkottil, Philipp A Kaufmann
PURPOSE: Whether myocardial inflammation causes long-term sequelae potentially affecting myocardial blood flow (MBF) is unknown. We aimed to assess the effect of myocardial inflammation on quantitative MBF parameters, as assessed by 13N-ammonia positron emission tomography myocardial perfusion imaging (PET-MPI) late after myocarditis. METHODS: Fifty patients with a history of myocarditis underwent cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging at diagnosis and PET/MR imaging at follow-up at least 6 months later...
July 1, 2023: European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging