Assessment of myocardial viability with [15O]water PET: A validation study in experimental myocardial infarction

• DOI: 10.1007/s12350-019-01818-5
• Publication Date: 2019-07-17T20:02:12Z
• Authors: Maria Grönman; Miikka Tarkia; Christoffer Stark; Tommi Vähäsilta; Tuomas Kiviniemi; Mark Lubberink; Paavo Halonen; Antti Kuivanen; Virva Saunavaara; Tuula Tolvanen; Jarmo Teuho; Mika Teräs; Timo Savunen; Mikko Pietilä; Seppo Ylä-Herttuala; Anne Roivainen; Juhani Knuuti; Antti Saraste
• Keywords: Tetrazolium chloride

Assessment of myocardial viability is often needed in patients with chest pain and reduced ejection fraction. We evaluated the performance resting MBF, perfusable tissue fraction (PTF), index (PTI) assessment a pig model infarction (MI).