Potential Cardiovascular Applications of Total-body PET Imaging.

Cardiovascular conditions can exist as part of a systemic disorder (eg, sarcoidosis, amyloidosis, or vasculitis) or have systemic consequences as a result of the cardiovascular insult (eg, myocardial infarction). In other circumstances, multisystem evaluation of metabolism and blood flow might be key for evaluation of multisystemic syndromes or conditions. Long axial field-of-view PET/computed tomography systems hold the promise of transforming the investigation of such systemic disorders. This article aims at reviewing some of the potential cardiovascular applications of this novel instrumentation device.