Mahmoud Al Rifai & David Winchester describe clinical scenarios where they believe nuclear MPI should be the first test of choice, including severe CAC, prior revascularization, obesity, ANOCA, older pts, and those w/ equivocal anatomical imaging.

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This review by Ayaz Aghayev Sumit Gupta Michael Steigner is one of the best pictorial review on the topic of normal and abnormal post operative appearance after transcatheter and surgical aortic interventions.

In this pilot study of patients with rheumatoid arthritis, improvement in symptoms with tocilizumab was associated with improvement in FDG uptake on PET/CT. Hadil Zureigat MGH Cardiovascular Research Center

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When perfusion and stress MBF are normal but MFR is abnormal due to high rest flows, should we report RPP corrected or uncorrected values? The answer: uncorrected. Daniel Huck at #ACC24 with a simultaneous pub in Journal of Nuclear Cardiology Brigham and Women’s Cardiovascular Imaging Program Marcelo Di Carli

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In a study from Penn Medicine & Brigham and Women's Hospital, a highly accurate diagnostic tool was developed to automatically segment & identify myocardial uptake indicative of ATTR-CM using SPECT/CT PYP and HDP. Editorial by David Kersting Uni Duisburg-Essen @unidue.bsky.social.

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Check out this interview with JNC EIC Marcelo Di Carli on how PET/CT is revolutionizing cardiovascular care.
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In this Perspective, Cesia Gallegos, MD MHS and Sanjay Divakaran describe what excites them about nuclear cardiology and strategies to attract early career physicians to the field. Yale School of Medicine Yale Cardiology Brigham and Women's Hospital Brigham and Women’s Cardiovascular Imaging Program ASNC Society #CVNuc

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Mayo Clinic CV Paul Friedman, MD @MayoClinic Sanjay Divakaran Kyle W. Klarich Sharonne Hayes MD Dr.Patricia Pellikka

In a study of 669 pts, rubidium-82 PET significantly underestimated left ventricular volumes, but not left ventricular ejection fraction, when compared to CMR. Yushui Han Mouaz Al-Mallah, M.D MSc Houston Methodist CV Venk Murthy MD PhD U-M Health Frankel CVC. Editorial by Oliver Gaemperli
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Matched with us Brigham and Women's Hospital and wondering where to live? Check out where we are located and where our residents live! campusreel.org/colleges/brigh…

It’s that great time of year when we find out about the next generation of MDs joining us at Brigham and Women's Hospital!

Welcome to the incredible new Brigham and Women's Medicine Residents Intern Class of 2024!

Amazing to see that 21% from URIM backgrounds! Brigham and Women’s D & I

A study comparing SPECT vs PET MPI found exercise ability for SPECT and MFR for PET as top predictors of mortality. Alan Rozanski, MD Mount Sinai Morningside. Editorial by Mouaz Al-Mallah, M.D MSc Houston Methodist CV
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We can’t wait to welcome all of these amazing individuals into our BWH IM Residency family!!

In a study of 39 pts undergoing both 82Rb & 15O-water PET, there was 74% agreement in regional reversible ischemia & global disease. Correlation between MBF was similar to prior studies. Aarhus Uni.hospital Lars Poulsen Tolbod Editorial Ibrahim Danad & Roel Driessen.
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In a study that included 3,245 rest/stress rubidium-82 PET studies, machine learning detected ischemia & scar w/ 88-92% accuracy using only 17-segment MBF values. @dekempRob Heart Institute. Editorial by imagingmedsci The University of Edinburgh
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Progressive development of TTR cardiac amyloidosis by PYP imaging in a Ala-60 gene mutation carrier. CIGDEM AKINCIOGLU Schulich WesternU Western University #CVNuc #amyloidosis #ThinkAmyloid

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LVEF calculations using 2 distinct software in ERNA studies exhibited ≥10% variation. Giselle A. Suero Abreu, MD PhD Alfonso Waller Rutgers New Jersey Medical School University Hospital. Implications in #cardioonc discussed in editorial by Jorge A. Alvarez, MD, PhD & Sanjay Divakaran.

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Payal Divakaran & Kathryn Taylor Reddy share why maternal mental health startup FamilyWell is “in the zone” for .406’s healthcare investing strategy. Check out their deep dive into why we invested. bit.ly/3TiC4cU

Perfusion SPECT/CT predicted pulmonary hypertension via main pulmonary artery measurement, LV shape index, and RV/LV uptake ratio. Editorial by Steven Port Advocate Aurora Health #CVNuc ASNC Society

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Rationale and design of the RAPID-WATER-FLOW Trial: Phase 3, Multicenter, Open Label Study of 15O-H2O cardiac perfusion PET/CT Marcelo Di Carli Brigham and Women's Hospital Brigham and Women’s Cardiovascular Imaging Program Tufts Medical Center. Editorial by Myron Gerson University of Cincinnati

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