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PET is a nuclear-based modality used for decades as an important clinical tool to non-invasively image blood flow, cardiac tissue metabolism and receptor expression. PET has proven to be a superior technique for molecular imaging due to its accurate attenuation correction, higher spatial and temporal resolution, higher sensitivity, quantitative abilities coupled with lower radiation risk due to the use of short-lived isotopes.

Cardiac PET has greatly improved our understanding of human coronary vasomotor function in both physiological and pathophysiological conditions. Furthermore, it has been demonstrated that the diagnostic accuracy of myocardial perfusion imaging with PET for detecting obstructive coronary artery disease surpasses that of single photon emission CT (SPECT).

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Impact of Intravascular Ultrasound in Clinical Practice

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Interventional Cardiology Review 2014;9(3):156–63

Bioresorbable Scaffolds

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Interventional Cardiology Review 2014;9(3):175–9

Intravascular Ultrasound Versus Optical Coherence Tomography for Coronary Artery Imaging – Apples and Oranges?

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Interventional Cardiology Review 2015;10(1):8–15

The Role of Revascularisation in Patients Undergoing Non-cardiac Surgery

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Interventional Cardiology 2010;5:104–8