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TUTORIAL: Clinical PET Case 5 - Cardiology

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You have been asked to evaluate the presence, extent and severity of myocardial ischemia/CAD.

Clinical History

 41 year-old athletic male with history of hyperlipidemia who experienced an episode of precordial chest discomfort with radiation to his left arm while jogging uphill.

Exercise ECG on 12/9/91:

Imaging

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    • Diagnosis

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  • Reading 1
    1. Normal LAD
    2. Normal LCx
    3. Normal RCA
  • Reading 2
    1. Normal LAD
    2. Normal LCx
    3. Significant Coronary Stenosis RCA
  • Reading 3
    1. Normal LAD
    2. Significant Coronary Stenosis LCx
    3. Normal RCA
  • Reading 4
    1. Normal LAD
    2. Significant Coronary Stenosis LCx
    3. Significant Coronary Stenosis RCA
  • Reading 5
    1. Significant Coronary Stenosis LAD
    2. Normal LCx
    3. Normal RCA
  • Reading 6
    1. Significant Coronary Stenosis LAD
    2. Normal LCx
    3. Significant Coronary Stenosis RCA
  • Reading 7
    1. Significant Coronary Stenosis LAD
    2. Significant Coronary Stenosis LCx
    3. Normal RCA
  • Reading 8
    1. Significant Coronary Stenosis LAD
    2. Significant Coronary Stenosis LCx
    3. Significant Coronary Stenosis RCA