Evaluation of Myocardial Blood Flow and Coronary Flow Reserve Using Positron Emission Tomography / 대한핵의학회잡지

ABSTRACT

Positron emission tomography (PET) serves as a gold standard for noninvasive in vivo measurement of myocardial blood flow (MBF) and coronary flow reserve (CFR). CFR can be defined as the ratio of maximally vasodilated MBF over its basal flow. It is an important parameter for the evaluation of functional severity of coronary stenosis and prognositification in various diseases such as dilated cardiomyopathy. 13NH3, H215O, 82Rb are widely used radiopharmaceuticals for measuring MBF and CFR, This review introduces imaging techniques and its clinical utility. Cardiac application of PET and PET/CT is expected to be increased in near future.