Determination of optimum periods between onset of suspected acute myocarditis and 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography in the diagnosis of inflammatory left ventricular myocardium - Ozawa, Koya; Funabashi, Nobusada; Daimon, Michiko; Takaoka, Hiroyuki; Takano, Hiroyuki; Uehara, Masae; Kobayashi, Yoshio (International journal of cardiology, 2013)
Keywords: 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography; Acute Disease; Acute myocarditis; Adult; Aged; Biological and medical sciences; Cardiology. Vascular system; Female; Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; Heart; Heart Ventricles - diagnostic imaging; Heart Ventricles - pathology; Humans; Inflammation - diagnostic imaging; Inflammation - pathology; Inflammatory left ventricular myocardium; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Myocarditis - diagnostic imaging; Myocarditis - pathology; Myocarditis. Cardiomyopathies; Optimum periods; Positron-Emission Tomography - methods; Positron-Emission Tomography - standards; Retrospective Studies; Time Factors; Inflammatory left ventricular myocardium; Acute myocarditis; 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography; Optimum periods; Radionuclide study; 2-deoxy-2-fluoroglucose; Acute; Cardiovascular disease; Period; Inflammation; Myocardial disease; Left ventricle; Myocarditis; Optimum; Heart disease; Myocardium; Circulatory system; Diagnosis; Cardiology; Positron emission tomography; F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography; Emission tomography