Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Viability: Comparison of Myocardial Viability by Positron Emission Tomography and MRI

Emory University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Coronary Artery Disease

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00166179

IRB00000292

6-56550 (Other Identifier)

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to compare cardiac MRI with positron emission tomography (PET) with fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) to determine if cardiac MRI images are as good as, or better, than PET with FDG.

Enrollment: 57 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 95 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• PET-FDG ordered to assess myocardial viability

Exclusion criteria

• Contraindicated for MRI
• Pregnant
• Age <25 yrs