Assessing FDG Uptake in the Heart: Quantification and Visualization

This week we get to “The Heart of the Matter” a little differently. To begin, our guest is the first author of a manuscript whose objective was to determine the prevalence and correlation of subclinical myocardial inflammation in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), titled: “Myocardial Inflammation, Measured using 18-FDG-PET-CT is associated with Disease Activity in Rheumatoid Arthritis“. Her name is Dr. Isabelle Amigues, and her story of survival and reinvention (much like the conclusions of her paper) exemplify how matters of the heart can be far more complex and impactful than they appear.