Myocardial Blood Flow as Assessed with PET Scanning in the Assessment of Patients with Chest Pain

<p>Myocardial Blood Flow Assessed With PET Scanning in the Evaluation of Patients With Chest Pain</p> <p>Guest: John P. Bois, M.D.</p> <p>Host: Malcolm R. Bell, M.D. </p> <p>What is typically seen in positron emission tomography (PET) imaging is qualitative: Before and after pictures of patients at rest and under stress that are used to identify any kind of relative profusion defects. Quantitative PET takes this technique a step further, quantifying blood flow to the heart tissue in milliliters per minute per gram of myocardial tissue. In essence, traditional PET takes a photo of the heart before and after, but qualitative PET produces a video of the blood flow into the heart over time.</p> <p>Joining us today to discuss myocardial blood flow and coronary flow reserve as assessed with PET scanning in the evaluation of patients with chest pain is John P. Bois, M.D., a consultant in Ischemic Heart Disease and Critical Care with a joint appointment in Radiology here at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. He's also co-director of our Chest Pain and Coronary Physiology Clinic, a nuclear cardiology specialist and an assistant professor of medicine.</p> <p>Specific topics discussed:</p> <ul><li>Quantitative versus qualitative PET: Quantifying blood flow to the heart tissue</li> <li>Automatic quantification via mathematical modeling</li> <li>Quantitative PET in patients with obstructive artery disease</li> <li>Improved testing accuracy with quantitative PET</li> <li>Diagnostic and prognostic evaluation of patients with challenging symptoms</li> <li>Future applications: standardization ad studies</li> </ul> <p>Connect with Mayo Clinic's Cardiovascular Continuing Medical Education online at <a href='https://cveducation.mayo.edu'>https://cveducation.mayo.edu</a> or on Twitter <a href='https://www.twitter.com/mayocliniccv'>@MayoClinicCV</a>.</p> <p>No CME credit offered for this episode.</p> <p>Podcast transcript can be found <a href='https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/j6u7ax/P-MayoCV02_PET_MBF_and_Flow_Reserve_i