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Power of molecular imaging reveals secrets of the heart
Date:4/9/2008

he believes that in addition to assisting in monitoring and guiding treatment of heart patients, PET scans may also be helpful in selecting those who would profit the most from CPC administration.

Early detection of hibernating myocardial tissue via noninvasive imaging modalities such as PET and SPECT will help us to assess a patients myocardial metabolism and blood flow, he said. Subsequent early coronary recanalization and CPC administration may lead to treatment-specific normalization and reduce the risk of cardiac events over longer periods.

For decades, nuclear medicine imaging has contributed functional assessment to the anatomical definition of the presence or absence of disease, said Alexander J. McEwan, M.D., president of SNM. Today molecular imaging is on the way to revolutionizing patient careby integrating information about location, structure, function and biologyleading to a package of non-invasive imaging tools with enormous potential for improving patient care and outcomes.


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Contact: Kathryn Wiley
kwiley@snm.org
703-326-1184
Society of Nuclear Medicine
Source:Eurekalert

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