Can PET/CT be useful in predicting ventricular arrhythmias in Chagas Disease?

J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Dec;27(6):2417-2420. doi: 10.1007/s12350-019-02014-1. Epub 2020 Jan 2.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Arrhythmias, Cardiac / complications
  • Arrhythmias, Cardiac / diagnostic imaging*
  • Chagas Disease / complications
  • Chagas Disease / diagnostic imaging*
  • Fibrosis
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
  • Gadolinium
  • Humans
  • Inflammation
  • Male
  • Myocardium / pathology
  • Octreotide / analogs & derivatives
  • Organometallic Compounds
  • Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography / methods*
  • Risk Assessment
  • Tachycardia, Ventricular / complications
  • Tachycardia, Ventricular / diagnostic imaging*
  • Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi
  • Ventricular Dysfunction / complications
  • Ventricular Dysfunction / diagnostic imaging*

Substances

  • Ga(III)-DOTATOC
  • Organometallic Compounds
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
  • Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi
  • Gadolinium
  • Octreotide