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Advances in Molecular Imaging: Cardiac Regeneration

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In addition to the standard cardiovascular pharmacological treatment and catheter-based and surgical procedures, cardiac restorative therapy was recently introduced. Despite the encouraging results obtained in pre-clinical research, cardiac regenerative therapy is still not used in clinical practice, because of the modest effect on cardiac function. To improve cardiac regenerative strategies, the identification of non-invasive powerful tools is required. Due to availability of various radiotracers and acquisition protocols nuclear imaging is the most promising and can be used both in gene and in cell therapy. This review summarizes current status and future role of nuclear imaging in the area of myocardial regeneration.

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  1. IRCCS SDN Foundation, Institute of Diagnostic and Nuclear Development, Naples, Italy

    Paola Gargiulo & Andrea Soricelli

  2. Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, Federico II University, Naples, Italy

    Paola Gargiulo, Annapaola Cirillo, Irma Fabiani, Pietro Riello, Lucia La Mura, Marianna Amato, Tiziana Formisano, Elisabetta Iardino, Alberto Cuocolo & Pasquale Perrone Filardi

  3. Division of Cardiology, Ospedale Medico-Chirurgico Accreditato Villa dei Fiori, Acerra, Naples, Italy

    Santo Dellegrottaglie

  4. Z. and M.A. Wiener Cardiovascular Institute and M.-J. and H.R. Kravis Center for Cardiovascular Health, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY, USA

    Santo Dellegrottaglie

  5. Department of Studies of Institutions and Territorial Systems, University of Naples Parthenope, Naples, Italy

    Andrea Soricelli

  6. Division of Cardiology, Department of Clinical Medicine, Cardiovascular and Immunological Sciences, Federico II University, Via Pansini, 5, 80131, Naples, Italy

    Pasquale Perrone Filardi

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Gargiulo, P., Dellegrottaglie, S., Cirillo, A. et al. Advances in Molecular Imaging: Cardiac Regeneration. Curr Cardiovasc Imaging Rep 6, 354–357 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12410-013-9215-3

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