Functional impact of coronary stenosis observed on coronary computed tomography angiography: Comparison with ¹³N-ammonia PET.

Background And Aims: We undertook this study to evaluate the functional impact of coronary abnormalities in patients with suspected coronary artery disease (CAD) by means of integrated positron emission tomography (PET) and coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) scan obtained on a hybrid state-of-the-art PET/CT scanner.

Methods: We studied 29 consecutive, patients with a clinically suspected intermediate risk for CAD, using a hybrid PET/CT 64 slice scanner. During a single scanning session, CCTA was performed for coronary anatomy evaluation, and a rest/adenosine stress (13)N-ammonia PET was performed for myocardial perfusion assessment in 3D mode with CT attenuation correction.

Endothelial dysfunction in systemic lupus erythematosus: evaluation with 13N-ammonia PET.

Unlabelled: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) affects multiple organs and systems, severely involving the cardiovascular system. The aim of this study was to evaluate the presence of endothelial dysfunction with (13)N-ammonia PET in asymptomatic SLE patients.

Methods: We enrolled 16 women with SLE and 16 healthy women.

Effect of ezetimibe-simvastatine over endothelial dysfunction in dyslipidemic patients: assessment by 13N-ammonia positron emission tomography.

Background: Dyslipidemias constitute an independent risk factor for the development of atherogenesis and they also predispose to the development of endothelial dysfunction (ED). Using PET with (13)N-ammonia, it is possible to quantify myocardial blood flow (MBF) in mL/min/g and to quantitatively evaluate ED. With the use of lipid lowering therapy it is possible to reduce ED and increase the MBF and the endothelial-dependent vasodilation index (ENDEVI).

Right coronary artery-to-right ventricle fistula in a pediatric patient evaluated by 64-detector-row computed tomographic coronary angiography.

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Endothelial dysfunction in recently diagnosed type 2 diabetic patients evaluated by PET.

Purpose: To demonstrate the presence of endothelial dysfunction (ED) in asymptomatic patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) by using (13)N-ammonia-positron emission tomography (PET). PET can identify ED by quantifying myocardial blood flow (MBF) during rest, cold pressor test (CPT), and pharmacologic stress. The endothelial-dependent vasodilation index (EDVI), myocardial flow reserve (MFR), and the percentage of the change between rest and CPT (%DeltaMBF) are markers of endothelial function.