Hot spot imaging in cardiovascular diseases: an information statement from SNMMI, ASNC, and EANM

Brett W. Sperry, Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute, 4401 Wornall Rd, Suite 2000, Kansas City, MO, 64111, USA. bsperry@saint-lukes.org.
Timothy M. Bateman, Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute, 4401 Wornall Rd, Suite 2000, Kansas City, MO, 64111, USA.
Esma A. Akin, George Washington University Hospital, Washington, DC, USA.
Paco E. Bravo, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Wengen Chen, Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Vasken Dilsizian, Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Fabien Hyafil, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Hôpital Européen Georges-Pompidou, DMU IMAGINA, Assistance Publique -Hôpitaux de Paris, University of Paris, Paris, France.
Yiu Ming Khor, Department of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore.
Robert J. Miller, Department of Cardiac Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
Riemer H. Slart, Department of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Medical Imaging Center, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
Piotr Slomka, Department of Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Hein Verberne, Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Edward J. Miller, Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, Yale University, 801 Howard Ave, New Haven, CT, 06519, USA.
Chi Liu, Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, Yale University, 801 Howard Ave, New Haven, CT, 06519, USA. chi.liu@yale.edu.

Document Type

Journal Article

Publication Date

7-21-2022

Journal

Journal of nuclear cardiology : official publication of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology

DOI

10.1007/s12350-022-02985-8

Keywords

Basic science; diseases/processes; modalities

Abstract

This information statement from the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, American Society of Nuclear Cardiology, and European Association of Nuclear Medicine describes the performance, interpretation, and reporting of hot spot imaging in nuclear cardiology. The field of nuclear cardiology has historically focused on cold spot imaging for the interpretation of myocardial ischemia and infarction. Hot spot imaging has been an important part of nuclear medicine, particularly for oncology or infection indications, and the use of hot spot imaging in nuclear cardiology continues to expand. This document focuses on image acquisition and processing, methods of quantification, indications, protocols, and reporting of hot spot imaging. Indications discussed include myocardial viability, myocardial inflammation, device or valve infection, large vessel vasculitis, valve calcification and vulnerable plaques, and cardiac amyloidosis. This document contextualizes the foundations of image quantification and highlights reporting in each indication for the cardiac nuclear imager.

Department

Radiology

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