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Myocardial Functional Imaging in Pediatric Nuclear Cardiology

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 s...

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Autores principales: Perrone, Marco Alfonso, Cimini, Andrea, Ricci, Maria, Pizzoferro, Milena, Garganese, Maria Carmen, Raponi, Massimiliano, Schillaci, Orazio
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10531976/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37754790
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcdd10090361
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Sumario: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.