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ArticleJournal of nuclear cardiology : official publication of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology2017

Patient preparation for cardiac fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography imaging of inflammation.

Michael T Osborne, Edward A Hulten, Venkatesh L Murthy, Hicham Skali, Viviany R Taqueti, Sharmila Dorbala, Marcelo F DiCarli, Ron Blankstein

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Article in Journal of nuclear cardiology : official publication of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 105 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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105citing papers in PubMed, 4 pooled it
12.1field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

105 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 221 citations in OpenAlex.

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  20. How to prepare a patient for 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography imaging to assess myocardial inflammation.Journal of nuclear cardiology : official publication of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology · 2024
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45 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Michael T OsborneCardiology Division, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. mosborne@partners.org.
Edward A HultenCardiology Service, Division of Medicine, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center and Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Venkatesh L MurthyDivision of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
Hicham SkaliNon-Invasive Cardiovascular Imaging Program, Departments of Medicine and Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis St, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
Viviany R TaquetiNon-Invasive Cardiovascular Imaging Program, Departments of Medicine and Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis St, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
Sharmila DorbalaNon-Invasive Cardiovascular Imaging Program, Departments of Medicine and Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis St, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
Marcelo F DiCarliNon-Invasive Cardiovascular Imaging Program, Departments of Medicine and Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis St, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
Ron BlanksteinNon-Invasive Cardiovascular Imaging Program, Departments of Medicine and Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis St, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
Brigham and Women's Hospital · USHarvard University · USMassachusetts General Hospital · USMichigan Medicine · USWalter Reed National Military Medical Center · US

Funding

Cardiac MR and CT ResearchT32HL076136 · NHLBI · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI NEILAN, TOMAS G · 2004 to 2019
$4.9M
Cardiovascular Imaging in Ischemic Heart DiseaseK24HL113128 · NHLBI · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI HOFFMANN, UDO · 2012 to 2020
$1.1M
NHLBI NIH HHS K24 HL113128NHLBI NIH HHS T32 HL076136
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although the number of clinical applications for fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (

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FastingFluorodeoxyglucose F18Cardiac Imaging TechniquesDiet, Carbohydrate-RestrictedHumansImage EnhancementMyocarditisPositron-Emission TomographyRadiopharmaceuticalsReproducibility of ResultsSensitivity and SpecificityFluorodeoxyglucose F18Radiopharmaceuticalsfluorodeoxyglucose (FDG)inflammationmetabolismPET imaging

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PMID27277502
PMCPMC5841447
OpenAlexW2414343713

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