• DOI:10.1053/j.semnuclmed.2014.06.011
Corpus ID: 24627529

Cardiac PET perfusion tracers: current status and future directions.

@article{Maddahi2014CardiacPP,
  title={Cardiac PET perfusion tracers: current status and future directions.},
  author={J. Maddahi and R. Packard},
  journal={Seminars in nuclear medicine},
  year={2014},
  volume={44 5},
  pages={
          333-43
        }
}

J. Maddahi, R. Packard

Published 2014

Medicine

Seminars in nuclear medicine

PET myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) is increasingly being used for noninvasive detection and evaluation of coronary artery disease. However, the widespread use of PET MPI has been limited by the shortcomings of the current PET perfusion tracers. The availability of these tracers is limited by the need for an onsite ((15)O water and (13)N ammonia) or nearby ((13)N ammonia) cyclotron or commitment to costly generators ((82)Rb). Owing to the short half-lives, such as 76 seconds for (82)Rb, 2.06… CONTINUE READING

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