Myocardial Infarction and Cardiac Arrest During Acquisition of 18 F-FDG PET/CT.

An 83-year-old man with multiple myeloma and history of coronary artery disease and ischemic cardiomyopathy experienced cardiac arrest during the 18 F-FDG PET/CT examination. The patient had not yet been treated for multiple myeloma. The PET/CT demonstrated focal FDG uptake about the left anterior descending coronary artery.