Key result
Exercise testing combined with [18F]fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography clearly showed increased uptake in the interventricular septum in a patient with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
Why the study?
Does exercise PET with [18F]fluorodeoxyglucose detect myocardial ischaemia in a patient with non-obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy?
Case Report (n=1)
Does exercise PET with [18F]fluorodeoxyglucose detect myocardial ischaemia in a patient with non-obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy?
Exercise PET with [18F]fluorodeoxyglucose may be a useful technique for directly imaging myocardial ischaemia in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, overcoming limitations of standard perfusion imaging.
May support FDG-PET for ischemia imaging in non-obstructive HCM; hypothesis-generating case report requiring prospective validation.
Decreased scintigraphic perfusion imaging is the most widely used non-invasive modality for the detection of myocardial ischaemia, but scintigraphic assessment of myocardial ischaemia is sometimes difficult in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy owing to inhomogeneous hypertrophy of the left ventricular wall. A technique that combines exercise testing and positron emission tomography with [18F]fluorodeoxyglucose was performed in a patient with non-obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy showing asymmetrical septal hypertrophy. The images obtained clearly showed increased uptake of [18F]fluorodeoxyglucose in the interventricular septum, especially predominant …
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Yamano et al. (2009) conducted a case report in Non-obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (n=1). Exercise testing and positron emission tomography with [18F]fluorodeoxyglucose was evaluated on Increased uptake of [18F]fluorodeoxyglucose in the interventricular septum. Exercise testing combined with [18F]fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography clearly showed increased uptake in the interventricular septum in a patient with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
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