Bidirectional Changes in Myocardial 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose Uptake After Human Ventricular Unloading

Bidirectional Changes in Myocardial ¹⁸F-Fluorodeoxyglucose Uptake After Human Ventricular Unloading

Circulation. 2022 Jan 11;145(2):151-154. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.121.056278. Epub 2022 Jan 10.

Tiberiu A Pana^{1

2}, Jainy Savla³, Ingrid Kepinski², Adam Fairbourn⁴, Aneela Afzal², Pradeep Mammen², Mark Drazner², Rathan M Subramaniam⁴, Chao Xing^{5

6

7}, Kathryn A Morton⁸, Stavros G Drakos⁹, Vlad G Zaha^{2

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12}, Hesham A Sadek^{2

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14}

¹ Aberdeen Cardiovascular and Diabetes Centre, University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom (T.A.P.).
² Cardiology Division, Department of Internal Medicine (T.A.P., I.K., A.A., P.M., M.D., V.G.Z., H.A.S.).
³ Department of Internal Medicine/Cardiology, University of Washington, Seattle (J.S.).
⁴ Department of Radiology (A.F., R.M.S.).
⁵ Eugene McDermott Center for Human Growth and Development (C.X.).
⁶ Department of Bioinformatics (C.X.).
⁷ Department of Population and Data Sciences (C.X.).
⁸ Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences (K.A.M.), University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City.
⁹ Division of Cardiovascular Medicine (S.G.D.), University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City.
¹⁰ Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center (V.G.Z.).
¹¹ Advanced Imaging Research Center (V.G.Z.).
¹² Biomedical Engineering Program, Graduate School of Medical Sciences (V.G.Z.).
¹³ Department of Molecular Biology (H.A.S.).
¹⁴ Hamon Center for Regenerative Medicine (H.A.S.), University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas.

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Keywords: fluorodeoxyglucose F18; heart-assist devices; myocardium; positron-emission tomography; prospective studies.