Simultaneous
PET/MR imaging is a novel multimodality imaging approach that can assess
disease activity together with assessment of cardiac
anatomy, function, and
tissue composition during a single scan. Cardiac
PET/MR imaging has the potential in the
diagnosis and assessment of
myocardial ischemia, viability,
inflammation, cardiac
sarcoidosis, cardiac
amyloidosis,
cardiac tumors and
atherosclerotic plaque imaging. This
review summarizes the most promising applications of
PET/MR in the cardiovascular field. The combination of various radiotracers and multi-parametric imaging with
PET/MR
will have a bright
future in the
research of
cardiovascular diseases.