Phase analysis of gated PET in the evaluation of mechanical ventricular synchrony: A narrative overview.

ABSTRACT: Noninvasive imaging modalities offer the possibility to dynamically evaluate cardiac motion during the cardiac cycle by means of ECG-gated acquisitions. Such motion characterization along with orientation, segmentation preprocessing, and ultimately, phase analysis, can provide quantitative estimates of ventricular mechanical synchrony. Current evidence on the role of mechanical synchrony evaluation is mainly available for echocardiography and gated single-photon emission computed tomography, but less is known about the utilization of gated positron emission tomography (PET). Although data available are sparse, there is indication that mechanical synchrony evaluation can be of diagnostic and prognostic values in patients with known or suspected coronary artery disease-related myocardial isc

SUBMITTER: Juarez-Orozco LE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6908565 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature