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Atlas for reporting PET myocardial perfusion imaging and myocardial blood flow in clinical practice: an information statement from the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology

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Abbreviations

CAD:

Coronary artery disease

CAC:

Coronary artery calcium

CMD:

Coronary microvascular dysfunction

CMS:

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

CPT:

Current procedural terminology

CT:

Computed tomography

LV:

Left ventricular

LVEF:

Left ventricular ejection fraction

MBF:

Myocardial blood flow

MFR:

Myocardial blood flow reserve

MPI:

Myocardial perfusion imaging

PET:

Positron emission tomography

RPP:

Rate pressure product

TID:

Transient ischemic dilation

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Disclosures

Dr. Chareonthaitawee is a consultant to Clario and receives royalty payments from UpToDate. Dr. Bateman receives research grant support form Bracco, GE HealthCare and Spectrum Dynamics. He serves as a consultant to GE Healthcare. He has an equity interest in Cardiovascular Imaging Technologies and intellectual property rights for Imagen PET and SPECT software. Dr. Beanlands is supported in part by a Distinguished Research Chair from the University of Ottawa. He has received research grant support from GE HealthCare, Jubliant DraxImage and Lantheus. He is a consultant to GE Healthcare, Jubliant DraxImage and Lantheus. Dr. Berman is a consultant to GE HealthCare and receives royalty payments from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. Dr. Calnon has no relevant relationships. Dr. Heller is a consultant to GE HealthCare, Digirad and MIS. Dr. Murthy receives research grant support from Siemens Healthineers and non-financial research support from Invia Medical Imaging Solutions. He serves as a scientific consultant to Ionetix and has stock options. He owns stock in General Electric and Cardinal Health. Dr. Patel has no relevant relationships. Dr. Schindler has no relevant relationships. Dr. Taqueti has no relevant relationships. Dr. Weifels has no relevant relationships. Dr. Al-Mallah receives research support for Siemens Healthineers and serves a consultant for Philips, Jubliant DraxImage and Pfizer. Dr. Di Carli receives research support from Gilead Sciences.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN, 55905, USA

    Panithaya Chareonthaitawee MD

  2. Department of Cardiology, Saint-Luke’s Hospital, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, MO, USA

    Timothy M. Bateman MD

  3. Division of Cardiology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada

    Rob S. Beanlands MD & Christiane C. Wiefels MD

  4. Nuclear Medicine, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Daniel S. Berman MD

  5. OhioHealth Heart and Vascular Physicians, Columbus, OH, USA

    Dennis A. Calnon MD

  6. Cardiovascular Imaging Program, Departments of Radiology and Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

    Marcelo F. Di Carli MD & Viviany R. Taqueti MD, MPH

  7. Gagnon Cardiovascular Institute, Morristown Medical Center, Morristown, New Jersey, USA

    Gary V. Heller MD

  8. Frankel Cardiovascular Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

    Venkatesh L. Murthy MD, PhD

  9. Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA

    Krishna K. Patel MD, MSc

  10. Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Washington University Physicians, St. Louis, MO, USA

    Thomas H. Schindler MD

  11. Department of Cardiology, Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center, Houston, TX, USA

    Mouaz H. Al-Mallah MD

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See Tables 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18.

Table 1 Site administrative data
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Table 2 Patient demographics and study referral data
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Table 3 Clinical information
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Table 4 Stress testing data
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Table 5 Resting ECG data
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Table 6 Stress ECG data
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Table 7 Imaging parameters
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Table 8 Qualitative LV perfusion assessment (SPECT and PET)
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Table 9 Semi-quantitative LV perfusion assessment
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Table 10 Myocardial blood flow and flow reserve measurements
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Table 11 Consideration for interpreting and reporting MBF and MFR
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Table 12 LV gated function and volume assessment
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Table 13 Right ventricular parameters
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Table 14 Coronary artery calcium analysis
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Table 15 Miscellaneous data
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Table 16 Overall Impression
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Table 17 Comparison to prior studies
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Table 18 Examples of useful impression statements for reporting PET MPI studies
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Chareonthaitawee, P., Bateman, T.M., Beanlands, R.S. et al. Atlas for reporting PET myocardial perfusion imaging and myocardial blood flow in clinical practice: an information statement from the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology. J. Nucl. Cardiol. 30, 2850–2906 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12350-023-03378-1

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