Features and clinical impact of extra-cardiac lesions with 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography in patients with suspected cardiac sarcoidosis

Features and clinical impact of extra-cardiac lesions with 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography in patients with suspected cardiac sarcoidosis

Background: Sarcoidosis is a systemic inflammatory disorder and can often affect any other organs beyond the heart. Whole-body 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) is used to detect not only cardiac but also extra-cardiac involvement of sarcoidosis. However, the features and...

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Main Authors: Haruhiko Higashi, Shinji Inaba, Chiharuko Iio, Katsuji Inoue, Akiyoshi Ogimoto, Masao Miyagawa, Teruhito Mochizuki, Shuntaro Ikeda, Osamu Yamaguchi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-10-01
Series:International Journal of Cardiology: Heart & Vasculature
Subjects:
Cardiac sarcoidosis
Positron emission tomography
Extra-cardiac lesion
Endomyocardial biopsy
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352906720302852

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