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Positron emission tomography/computed tomography detection of increased 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose uptake in the cardiac atria of patients with atrial fibrillation

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2018

Year

Emiri Watanabe, Masao Miyagawa, Teruyoshi Uetani, Masaki Kinoshita, Riko Kitazawa, Mie Kurata, Hayato Ishimura, Takuya Matsuda, Yuki Tanabe, Tomoyuki Kido,
International Journal of Cardiology

Abstract

Higher atrial FDG uptake was associated with AF. PET/CT could be a useful tool for detecting local inflammation in the atria with AF.

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