IASNM Radiant Flashpoints Educational Web-Series -November 04, 2023

Speaker: Karthik Ananthasubramaniam, MD FACC FASE FASNC FSCCT FSCMR FRCP
Professor of Medicine, Wayne State University
Senior Staff Physician, Heart and Vascular Institute, Dept of Internal Medicine
Director, Nuclear Cardiology/Cardiac PET
Director, Echocardiography
Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital

Topic: Cardiac PET: A Comprehensive Imaging Tool For The Spectrum of Coronary Disease, Cardiac Infection and Inflammation

Objectives
📌 Outline the basics of cardiac PET and its role in CAD assessment
📌 Define the incremental value of blood flow and flow reserve in the assessment of CAD and microvascular disease
📌 Understand the key role of cardiac PET in inflammatory diseases such as sarcoidosis and its emerging role in device and cardiac prosthetic valve infections