Joint SNMMI–ASNC Expert Consensus Document on the Role of <sup>18</sup>F-FDG PET/CT in Cardiac Sarcoid Detection and Therapy Monitoring

Panithaya Chareonthaitawee, Rob Beanlands, Wengen Chen, Sharmila Dorbala, Edward J. Miller, Venkatesh L. Murthy, David H. Birnie, Edward S. Chen, Leslie T. Cooper, Roderick Tung,

Journal of Nuclear Medicine · 2017 · 294 citations · 81 references

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Sarcoidosis is a systemic disorder of unknown etiology whose clinical presentation is characterized by the heterogeneous contributions of nonnecrotizing granulomatous inflammation and concomitant fibrosis. Cardiac involvement portends an adverse prognosis and may account for approximately 25% of

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