How to prepare a patient for 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography imaging to assess myocardial inflammation

Affiliations

• ¹ From the Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA; Duke Molecular Physiology Institute, Durham, NC, USA; Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA; Cardiovascular Institute, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA. Electronic address: https://twitter.com/@senthil_selv.
• ² Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA; Cardiovascular Institute, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA; Division of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Radiology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA. Electronic address: [email protected].