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ReviewJournal of cardiovascular development and disease2023

Myocardial Functional Imaging in Pediatric Nuclear Cardiology.

Marco Alfonso Perrone, Andrea Cimini, Maria Ricci, Milena Pizzoferro, Maria Carmen Garganese, Massimiliano Raponi, Orazio Schillaci

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Review in Journal of cardiovascular development and disease, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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

3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
  2. Diagnostic Value ofPediatric cardiology · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Marco Alfonso PerroneDepartment of Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital IRCCS, 00165 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-0511-2621
Andrea CiminiNuclear Medicine Unit, St. Salvatore Hospital, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-0533-2947
Maria RicciNuclear Medicine Unit, Cardarelli Hospital, 86100 Campobasso, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-9277-6337
Milena PizzoferroDivision of Nuclear Medicine, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital IRCCS, 00165 Rome, Italy.
Maria Carmen GarganeseDivision of Nuclear Medicine, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital IRCCS, 00165 Rome, Italy.
Massimiliano RaponiHealth Directorate, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital IRCCS, 00165 Rome, Italy.
Orazio SchillaciDepartment of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome Tor Vergata, 00133 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-6176-2805

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The role of nuclear medicine in pediatric cardiology has grown rapidly over the years, providing useful functional and prognostic information and playing a complementary role to morphological imaging in the evaluation of myocardial perfusion, cardiovascular inflammation and infections, and cardiac sympathetic innervation. The aim of this narrative review is to summarize and highlight the most important evidence on pediatric nuclear cardiology, describing clinical applications and the possibilities, advantages, and limitations of nuclear medicine techniques. Moreover, a special focus will be given to the minimization of radiation exposure in pediatric nuclear cardiology imaging, a critical topic in children.

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congenital heart diseasenuclear imagingpediatric cardiologypositron emission tomographyscintigraphy

Identifiers

PMID37754790
PMCPMC10531976

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