Reduced Myocardial Flow Reserve by Positron Emission Tomography Predicts Cardiovascular Events After Cardiac Transplantation [Emerging Investigators]

Conclusions:
MFR assessed by cardiac rubidium-82 PET imaging is a predictor of cardiovascular events after orthotopic heart transplant and is associated with cardiac allograft vasculopathy severity.

Source: Circulation: Heart Failure - June 11, 2018 Category: Cardiology Authors: Konerman, M. C., Lazarus, J. J., Weinberg, R. L., Shah, R. V., Ghannam, M., Hummel, S. L., Corbett, J. R., Ficaro, E. P., Aaronson, K. D., Colvin, M. M., Koelling, T. M., Murthy, V. L. Tags: Nuclear Cardiology and PET, Transplantation, Mortality/Survival Emerging Investigators Source Type: research