期刊
JACC-CARDIOVASCULAR IMAGING
卷 3, 期 6, 页码 623-640出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2010.04.007
关键词
cardiovascular disease prevention; coronary artery disease; coronary circulation; endothelium; microcirculation; myocardial blood flow; myocardial flow reserve; positron emission tomography
资金
- Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF) [3200B0-122237]
- Department of Internal Medicine of the University Hospitals of Geneva
- Novartis Research Foundation
- National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute [HL 33177]
- NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE [R01HL033177] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
Positron emission tomography (PET) myocardial perfusion imaging in concert with tracer-kinetic modeling affords the assessment of regional myocardial blood flow (MBF) of the left ventricle in absolute terms (milliliters per gram per minute). Assessment of MBF both at rest and during various forms of vasomotor stress provides insight into early and subclinical abnormalities in coronary arterial vascular function and/or structure, noninvasively. The noninvasive evaluation and quantification of MBF and myocardial flow reserve (MFR) extend the scope of conventional myocardial perfusion imaging from detection of end-stage, advanced, and flow-limiting, epicardial coronary artery disease (CAD) to early stages of atherosclerosis or microvascular dysfunction. Recent studies have shown that impaired hyperemic MBF or MFR with PET, with or without accompanying CAD, is predictive of increased relative risk of death or progression of heart failure. Quantitative approaches that measure MBF with PET identify multivessel CAD and offer the opportunity to monitor responses to lifestyle and/or risk factor modification and to therapeutic interventions. Whether improvement or normalization of hyperemic MBF and/or the MFR will translate to improvement in long-term cardiovascular outcome remains clinically untested. In the meantime, absolute measures of MBF with PET can be used as a surrogate marker for coronary vascular health, and to monitor therapeutic interventions. Although the assessment of myocardial perfusion with PET has become an indispensable tool in cardiac research, it remains underutilized in clinical practice. Individualized, image-guided cardiovascular therapy may likely change this paradigm in the near future. (J Am Coll Cardiol Img 2010; 3: 623-40) (C) 2010 by the American College of Cardiology Foundation
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