Molecular imaging in nuclear cardiology: Pathways to individual precision medicine.

ABSTRACT: Growth of molecular imaging bears potential to transform nuclear cardiology from a primarily diagnostic method to a precision medicine tool. Molecular targets amenable for imaging and therapeutic intervention are particularly promising to facilitate risk stratification, patient selection and exquisite guidance of novel therapies, and interrogation of systems-based interorgan communication. Non-invasive visualization of pathobiology provides valuable insights into the progression of disease and response to treatment. Specifically, inflammation, fibrosis, and neurohormonal signaling, central to the progression of cardiovascular disease and emerging therapeutic strategies, have been investigated by molecular imaging. As the number of radioligands grows, careful investigation of the binding pr

SUBMITTER: Glasenapp A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7749093 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature