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The role of positron emission tomography in the assessment of cardiac sarcoidosis.
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The role of positron emission tomography in the assessment of cardiac sarcoidosis.

  • Genovesi D 1 Nuclear Medicine Unit, Fondazione CNR/Regione Toscana "Gabriele Monasterio", Pisa, Italy.
  • Bauckneht M 2 Nuclear Medicine Unit, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genova, Italy.
  • Altini C 4 Nuclear Medicine Unit, Interdisciplinar Department of Medicine, Policlinic of Bari- University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Bari, Italy.
  • Popescu CE 5 Clinic of Nuclear Medicine, Baden Hospital, Baden, Switzerland.
  • Ferro P 6 Nuclear Medicine Department, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy.
  • Monaco L 7 Nuclear Medicine Department, University Milan Bicocca, Milan, Italy.
  • Borra A 3 Department of Health Sciences (DISSAL), University of Genova, Genoa, Italy.
  • Ferrari C 4 Nuclear Medicine Unit, Interdisciplinar Department of Medicine, Policlinic of Bari- University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Bari, Italy.
  • Caobelli F 8 Clinic of Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Basel, University of Basel. Basel, Switzerland.
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  • 2019-06-06
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  • The British journal of radiology. - 2019
Cardiomyopathies
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
Heart
Humans
Positron-Emission Tomography
Radiopharmaceuticals
Sarcoidosis
English The myocardium and the cardiovascular system are often involved in patients with sarcoidosis. As therapy should be started as early as possible to avoid complications such as left ventricular dysfunction, a prompt and reliable diagnosis by means of non-invasive tests would be highly warranted. Among other techniques, 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography (PET) has emerged as a high sensitive tool to detect sites of inflammation before morphological changes are visible to conventional imaging techniques. We therefore aim at summarizing the most relevant findings in the literature on the use of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose PET in the diagnostic workup of cardiac sarcoidosis and to underline future perspectives.
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