Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 318 LHRB/ 1900 University BLVD, Birmingham, AL, 35294, USA.
University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, 21201, USA.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Feb;25(1):39-52. doi: 10.1007/s12350-017-1093-7. Epub 2017 Nov 6.
As the second term of our commitment to Journal begins, we, the editors, would like to reflect on a few topics that have relevance today. These include prognostication and paradigm shifts; Serial testing: How to handle data? Is the change in perfusion predictive of outcome and which one? Ischemia-guided therapy: fractional flow reserve vs perfusion vs myocardial blood flow; positron emission tomography (PET) imaging using Rubidium-82 vs N-13 ammonia vs F-18 Flurpiridaz; How to differentiate microvascular disease from 3-vessel disease by PET? The imaging scene outside the United States, what are the differences and similarities? Radiation exposure; Special issues with the new cameras? Is attenuation correction needed? Are there normal databases and are these specific to each camera system? And finally, hybrid imaging with single-photon emission tomography or PET combined with computed tomography angiography or coronary calcium score. We hope these topics are of interest to our readers.
作为我们对本刊承诺的第二期，我们编辑想反思一些今天相关的主题。这些主题包括预测和范式转变；连续检测：如何处理数据？灌注的变化是否可以预测结果，是哪一个？缺血性指导治疗：血流储备分数与灌注与心肌血流；放射性核素 82 铷与 N-13 氨与 F-18 氟吡拉泽正电子发射断层扫描（PET）成像；如何通过 PET 区分微血管病变与三支血管病变？美国以外的成像场景，有哪些异同？辐射暴露；新相机的特殊问题？是否需要衰减校正？是否有正常数据库，且这些数据库是否针对每个相机系统？最后，单光子发射断层扫描或 PET 与计算机断层血管造影或冠状动脉钙评分的混合成像。我们希望这些主题能引起读者的兴趣。
