Does 18F-FDG PET provide high diagnostic accuracy for cardiac sarcoidosis compared with the MHLW guidelines?
18F-FDG PET demonstrates high diagnostic accuracy for cardiac sarcoidosis, supporting its clinical use.
The high diagnostic accuracy determined for (18)F-FDG PET in this metaanalysis suggests potential value for diagnosis of cardiac sarcoidosis compared with the MHLW guidelines. These results may affect patient care by providing supportive evidence for more effective use of (18)F-FDG PET in the diagnosis of cardiac sarcoidosis. Large-scale multicenter studies are required to further evaluate this role.
Youssef et al. (Fri,) studied this question.