Key result
This narrative review summarizes the clinical applications, advantages, limitations, and strategies for minimizing radiation exposure of nuclear medicine techniques in pediatric cardiology.
Why the study?
Nuclear medicine in pediatric cardiology provides functional and prognostic information complementary to morphological imaging, but an overview summarizing evidence, clinical applications, techniques, and radiation minimization was needed.
This narrative review highlights the clinical applications, advantages, limitations, and strategies for minimizing radiation exposure in pediatric nuclear cardiology.
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May inform radiation-aware protocols in pediatric cardiology; leaves open prospective validation of dose-reduction strategies.
The role of nuclear medicine in pediatric cardiology has grown rapidly over the years, providing useful functional and prognostic information and playing a complementary role to morphological imaging in the evaluation of myocardial perfusion, cardiovascular inflammation and infections, and cardiac sympathetic innervation. The aim of this narrative review is to summarize and highlight the most important evidence on pediatric nuclear cardiology, describing clinical applications and the possibilities, advantages, and limitations of nuclear medicine techniques. Moreover, a special focus will be given to the minimization of radiation exposure in pediatric nuclear cardiology imaging, a critical topic in children.
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Perrone et al. (2023) conducted a review in Pediatric cardiovascular conditions. Nuclear medicine techniques was evaluated. This narrative review summarizes the clinical applications, advantages, limitations, and strategies for minimizing radiation exposure of nuclear medicine techniques in pediatric cardiology.
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