Medizinische Universität Graz Austria/Österreich - Forschungsportal - Medical University of Graz
Gewählte Publikation:
Ravnjak, P.
The clinical value of a dual-staged [18F]FDG PET/CT protocol in diagnosing cardiac sarcoidosis in a retrospective study
Humanmedizin; [ Diplomarbeit ] Medizinische Universität Graz; 2024. pp.
- Autor*innen der Med Uni Graz:
- Betreuer*innen:
- Aigner Reingard
- Weitzer Friedrich
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- Abstract:
- CS is a life-threatening illness, mostly underdiagnosed and affecting more people with sarcoidosis than initially believed. Established recommendations, with a variety of diagnostic approaches for diagnosing CS exist, including the myocardial biopsy, which often provides inadequate results. The [18F]FDG PET/CT, as a non-invasive nuclear medicine examination modality, has recently established itself as a valuable diagnostic tool in the detection of CS. However, this modality requires specific patient preparation to suppress the physiological tracer uptake in the myocardium. Various [18F]FDG PET/CT examination protocols exist, therefore we evaluated the dual-staged acquisition protocol from our department.