Hiroshi Ohira, Brian Mc Ardle, Robert A deKemp, Pablo Nery, Daniel Juneau, Jennifer M Renaud, Ran Klein, Owen Clarkin, Karen MacDonald, Eugene Leung, Girish Nair, Rob Beanlands, David Birnie
Recent studies have reported the usefulness of 18F-FDG PET in aiding with the diagnosis and management of patients with cardiac sarcoidosis (CS). However, image interpretation of 18F-FDG PET for CS is sometimes challenging. We sought to investigate the inter- and intraobserver agreement and explore factors that led to important discrepancies between readers. Methods: We studied consecutive patients with no significant coronary artery disease who were referred for assessment of CS. Two experienced readers masked to clinical information, imaging reports, independently reviewed 18F-FDG PET/CT images...
August 2017: Journal of Nuclear Medicine: Official Publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine