The REgistry of Flow and Perfusion Imaging for Artificial INtelligEnce with PET(REFINE PET): Rationale and Design.

Background: The REgistry of Flow and Perfusion Imaging for Artificial Intelligence with PET (REFINE PET) was established to collect multicenter PET and associated computed tomography (CT) images, together with clinical data and outcomes, into a comprehensive research resource. REFINE PET will enable validation and development of both standard and novel cardiac PET/CT processing methods.

Methods: REFINE PET is a multicenter, international registry that contains both clinical and imaging data.

The REgistry of Flow and Perfusion Imaging for Artificial INtelligEnce with PET (REFINE PET): Rationale and Design.

Rationale: The REgistry of Flow and Perfusion Imaging for Artificial INtelligEnce with PET (REFINE PET) was established to aggregate PET and associated computed tomography (CT) images with clinical data from hospitals around the world into one comprehensive research resource.

Methods: REFINE PET is a multicenter, international registry that contains both clinical and imaging data. The PET scans were processed using QPET software (Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA), while the CT scans were processed using deep learning (DL) to detect coronary artery calcium (CAC).

AI-Derived Splenic Response in Cardiac PET Predicts Mortality: A Multi-Site Study.

Background: Inadequate pharmacologic stress may limit the diagnostic and prognostic accuracy of myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI). The splenic ratio (SR), a measure of stress adequacy, has emerged as a potential imaging biomarker.

Objectives: To evaluate the prognostic value of artificial intelligence (AI)-derived SR in a large multicenter Rb-PET cohort undergoing regadenoson stress testing.

Multicenter Evaluation of Myocardial Flow Reserve as a Prognostic Marker for Mortality in N-Ammonia PET Myocardial Perfusion Imaging.

Background: Myocardial flow reserve (MFR), measured by PET MPI, provides valuable information on epicardial coronary disease, diffuse atherosclerosis, and microvascular function. Despite its routine use, the prognostic efficacy of N-ammonia PET MFR remains unconfirmed in larger multicenter cohorts of patients with suspected or known coronary artery disease (CAD).

Methods: We considered patients from five sites in the REFINE PET registry who underwent N-ammonia PET MPI for CAD.

AI-based Hepatic Steatosis Detection and Integrated Hepatic Assessment from Cardiac CT Attenuation Scans Enhances All-cause Mortality Risk Stratification: A Multi-center Study.

Background: Hepatic steatosis (HS) is a common cardiometabolic risk factor frequently present but under-diagnosed in patients with suspected or known coronary artery disease. We used artificial intelligence (AI) to automatically quantify hepatic tissue measures for identifying HS from CT attenuation correction (CTAC) scans during myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) and evaluate their added prognostic value for all-cause mortality prediction.

Methods: This study included 27039 consecutive patients [57% male] with MPI scans from nine sites.

Left ventricular shape index and eccentricity index with ECG-gated Nitrogen-13 ammonia PET/CT in patients with myocardial infarction, ischemia, and normal perfusion.

Background: LV geometry with shape index (SI) and eccentricity index (EI) measured by myocardial perfusion positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) may allow the evaluation of left ventricular (LV) adverse remodeling. This first study aims to explore the relationship of SI and EI values acquired by Nitrogen-13 ammonia PET/CT in patients with normal perfusion, ischemia, and myocardial infarction. And evaluate the correlations between the variables of LV geometry, and with the variables of LV function.

Role of molecular imaging in the diagnosis of prosthetic aortic valve endocarditis by : a case report.

Background: Infective endocarditis is a challenging diagnosis that usually requires cardiovascular image confirmation as part of the approach. F-Fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (F-FDG-PET/CT) is an imaging technique more sensible for the diagnosis of prosthetic valve endocarditis (PVE) when echocardiography is inconclusive.

Case Summary: We present the case of a 35-year-old man who had a previous Bentall-De Bono procedure 4 years prior that included biological, national institute of cardiology (INC)-type, locally manufactured aortic valve replacement and woven Dacron tube graft implantation in the ascending aorta.

World Heart Federation Consensus on Transthyretin Amyloidosis Cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM).

Transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM) is a progressive and fatal condition that requires early diagnosis, management, and specific treatment. The availability of new disease-modifying therapies has made successful treatment a reality. Transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy can be either age-related (wild-type form) or caused by mutations in the TTR gene (genetic, hereditary forms).

Ischemia-guided vs routine non-culprit vessel angioplasty for patients with ST segment elevation myocardial infarction and multi-vessel disease: the IAEA SPECT STEMI trial.

Background: In patients with multi-vessel disease presenting with ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), the efficacy and safety of ischemia-guided, vs routine non-culprit vessel angioplasty has not been adequately studied.

Methods: We conducted an international, randomized, non-inferiority trial comparing ischemia-guided non-culprit vessel angioplasty to routine non-culprit vessel angioplasty, following primary PCI for STEMI. The primary outcome was the between-group difference in percent ischemic myocardium at follow-up stress MPI.

Comorbidities and cardiac symptoms can modify myocardial function regardless of ischemia: a cross-sectional study with PET/CT.

Objective: Associating comorbidities and cardiac symptoms that alter myocardial mechanical function could help clinicians to correctly identify at-risk population.

Methods: We conducted a functional open population cross-sectional study of patients referred to a positron emission computed tomography/computed tomography unit in Mexico City for evaluation of myocardial function, perfusion, and coronary circulation. Ischemia was defined as a sum difference score (SDS) > 2.

N-Ammonia myocardial blood flow quantitation in patient with aneurismal coronary artery disease.

Aneurysmal coronary artery disease includes coronary artery aneurysms and ectasia; this condition has been associated with poor long-term outcomes. Few studies have explored myocardial blood flow N-ammonia PET/CT MPI added value. We present a 45-year-old man who came to the emergency department with chest pain.

Assessment of Atypical Cardiovascular Risk Factors Using Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography in Mexican Women.

Background: Ischemic heart disease (IHD) is a health care problem in women that increases morbimortality, particularly in developing countries. There is limited information regarding atypical risk factors associated with IHD in Mexican women.

Aim: To explore risk factors in women that could contribute to IHD and myocardial dysfunction using the single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) myocardial perfusion study (MPS).

[Collaboration between the National Association of Cardiologists of Mexico, the Mexican Society of Cardiology, and the University of Guanajuato. COVID-19 and Cardiac Imaging Personnel: Review of Sanitary Practices in Early 2021].

The authors of the image chapters of the National Association of Cardiologists of Mexico (ANCAM) and the Mexican Society of Cardiology (SMC), as well as personnel from the Department of Medicine and Nutrition of the University of Guanajuato, together with prominent experts in cardiovascular imaging from Mexico, have collaborated in the review, analysis and expansion of the various health strategies published in the first year of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, to safely perform cardiac imaging studies. This update aims to reduce the risk of COVID-19 transmission among patients and health-care personnel in the CT, MRI, and nuclear cardiology services. This work was expanded with supplementary information available free of charge on the website www.

Effectiveness and Safety of Extracorporeal Shockwave Myocardial Revascularization in Patients With Refractory Angina Pectoris and Heart Failure.

Extracorporeal shockwave myocardial revascularization (ESMR) is a therapy for refractory angina pectoris. Our aim was to assess the efficacy and safety of ESMR in the management of patients with stable coronary artery disease (CAD) and heart failure as well as its effects on inflammation and angiogenesis. In this single-arm prospective trial, we included 48 patients with CAD, myocardial ischemia assessed by radionuclide imaging, echocardiographic evidence of left ventricular systolic dysfunction and without revascularization options.

Optimal Medical Treatment vs. Invasive Approach in Patients with Significantly Obstructive Coronary Artery Disease and Ischemia.

Introduction: Stable ischemic heart disease (SIHD) is a condition that develops in subjects after myocardial infarction. Evidence suggests that optimal medical treatment (OMT) is not inferior to intervention (INT) using percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) or coronary artery bypass graft (CABG).

Aim: To compare clinical outcomes in subjects with SIHD who only received OMT and those who received INT+OMT.

Diastolic dyssynchrony assessment by gated myocardial perfusion-SPECT in subjects who underwent cardiac resynchronization therapy.

Background: Left ventricular diastolic dyssynchrony (LVDD) can be assessed by gated myocardial perfusion single-photon emission computed tomography (GMP-SPECT). LVDD is an area of interest in subjects who underwent cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT). The aim of this post hoc analysis was to assess the role of LVDD in subjects with CRT who were followed up at 6-month period.

Comorbid conditions in individuals assessed by SPECT: Study of a reference cardiology center in Mexico City.

Background: There is an increasing prevalence of comorbidities in patients with ischemic heart disease (IHD) in developing countries. The aim of this work is to assess the prevalence of comorbidities and associated factors for IHD among patients at a reference cardiology center.

Design And Methods: This was a cross-sectional study.