I nflammation contributes to initiation, progression, and healing in various cardiovascular diseases. Compared with conventional methods, new noninvasive approaches targeting inflammation have the potential to improve early detection of myocardial inflammation, guide therapeutic interventions, and monitor treatment success. This article briefly outlines novel noninvasive nuclear imaging techniques for cardiac inflammation.
Inflammation is a key causative factor for a wide range of cardiovascular and myocardial diseases. Given the numerous implications of inflammatory processes in disease initiation and progression, functional imaging modalities represent valuable diagnostic, prognostic, and monitoring tools in patient management. Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) most commonly results from the acute rupture of a coronary atherosclerotic plaque leading to rapid thrombus formation in the…
