Pulmonary perfusion and NYHA classification improve after cardiac resynchronization therapy

3D-Ring CZT System With New Low- and Medium-Energy Range: Ultrafast Dual-Isotope Lung SPECT/CT Improvement

ABSTRACT

New 3D-ring CZT systems with low- and medium-energy-range detectors allow for simultaneous dual-isotope lung scintigraphy. We compared 10-, 7-, 5-, and 3-minute acquisitions for 99m Tc and 81m Kr performed simultaneously on StarGuide CZT-SPECT/CT and reframed in 50 patients. Ventilation/perfusion mismatches were calculated (mean, 15.6% ± 28%), and Spearman correlation coefficients of mismatches were 0.994, 0.994, and 0.984 between 10- and 7-, 5-, and 3-minute acquisitions, respectively. No visual difference in image quality or final diagnosis was found. 3D-ring CZT-SPECT with low and medium energy range detectors allows ultrafast dual-isotope lung scintigraphy up to 3 minutes.

Review of cardiovascular imaging in the Journal of Nuclear Cardiology 2022: single photon emission computed tomography

In this review, we will summarize a selection of articles on single-photon emission computed tomography published in the Journal of Nuclear Cardiology in 2022. The aim of this review is to concisely recap major advancements in the field to provide the reader a glimpse of the research published in the journal over the last year. This review will place emphasis on myocardial perfusion imaging using single-photon emission computed tomography summarizing advances in the field including in prognosis, non-perfusion variables, attenuation compensation, machine learning and camera design. It will also review nuclear imaging advances in amyloidosis, left ventricular mechanical dyssynchrony, cardiac innervation, and lung perfusion. We encourage interested readers to go back to the original articles, and editorials, for a comprehensive read as necessary but hope that this yearly review will be helpful in reminding readers of articles they have seen and attracting their attentions to ones they have missed.