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How can PET offer better peak stress information than SPECT?

April 26, 2017Offer peak pet spect stress

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How can PET offer better peak stress information than SPECT?

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Due to the myocardial extraction fraction, tracer kinetics, and physical half-life of SPECT tracers, the stress images obtained using SPECT are actually post-stress. PET offers true stress data because the images are acquired while the myocardium is in a state of peak hyperemia 1,2,6.