Large-vessel vasculitis
KEY POINTS • Large-vessel vasculitides are a broad spectrum of diseases that can affect the aorta and its main branches. • Multimodality imaging plays an essential role in the diagnosis…
Artificial intelligence in nuclear cardiology
KEY POINTS • ML and DL techniques are becomingly increasingly sophisticated. AI-based algorithms can be used to improve the accuracy of image processing, segmentation, and quantification and also allow for…
Peripheral arterial disease
KEY POINTS • PAD is prevalent and associated with high morbidity and mortality but is frequently underdiagnosed. • Conventional approaches to diagnosis, including ABI and angiography (invasive and noninvasive), can…
Infective endocarditis
KEY POINTS • A diagnosis of PVE and CDI is sometimes difficult to reach when applying the classic modified DC, in which imaging criteria relies on ECHO alone. Nuclear medicine…
Patient with mechanical dyssynchrony
KEY POINTS • Mechanical dyssynchrony relates to a delay in the timing of the contraction (systolic) or relaxation (diastolic) within the LV or between the RV and LV. • Mechanical…
Aortic stenosis and bioprosthetic valve degeneration
KEY POINTS • Transthoracic echocardiography and CT-AVC are the current mainstream modalities for aortic stenosis evaluation, but PET imaging is emerging as a novel molecular imaging technique for assessing disease…
Patients undergoing cancer treatment
KEY POINTS • Radionuclide and multimodality imaging are essential to the care of patients at risk for incident cardiovascular disease during or after cancer treatment, either because of preexisting cardiovascular…
Molecular imaging of myocardial infarction and remodeling
KEY POINTS • Nuclear cardiology currently evolves from assessing physiologic function and perfusion toward an interrogation of molecular pathways and pathophysiologic alterations at a (sub)cellular level. • Given a biphasic…
Patient with known or suspected cardiac sarcoidosis
KEY POINTS • Clinical manifestations of CS include heart block, ventricular arrythmias, SCD, and HF. • Among patients with biopsy-proven or a clinical diagnosis of extracardiac sarcoidosis, any signs or…
Patients with known or suspected amyloidosis
KEY POINTS • Cardiac amyloidosis is often underdiagnosed, misdiagnosed, or diagnosed late in the natural course of the disease. • Accurate diagnosis and typing of cardiac amyloidosis are both critical…
