Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

Papers
(The TQCC of Journal of Nuclear Cardiology is 4. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)
ArticleCitations
CME INSTRUCTIONS: The current status of CZT SPECT myocardial blood flow and reserve assessment: Tips and tricks61
18F-sodium fluoride: An old tracer with a new promising clinical application54
Identifying the leukocyte uptake pattern of inflammation imaging agents: Current limitations and potential impact53
What is this image? 2021 image 2 result50
Invasive vs non-invasive testing46
Are we good enough in the evaluation of MPI using Rubidium82 with PMT PET/CT? A comparison to SiPM PET/CT45
Exercise ECG must be considered in conjunction with conventional SPECT43
JNC Awards41
Utility of very long fasting to detect myocardial inflammation in cardiac sarcoidosis41
Acute intramural hematoma of the ascending aorta discovered on myocardial perfusion SPECT39
Incidental scan findings in cardiac amyloid scintigraphy38
Head-to-head comparison of a CZT-based all-purpose SPECT camera and a dedicated CZT cardiac device for myocardial perfusion and functional analysis37
Raymond J Gibbons, MSc, MD (born 1949)35
Transmural perfusion: A new direction for myocardial blood flow34
Vascular graft infection: Improving diagnosis with functional imaging34
18F-FDG PET imaging of myocardial inflammation and viability following experimental infarction and anti-inflammatory treatment with compound MCC95032
Editorial Board30
13N-Ammonia myocardial blood flow quantitation in patient with aneurismal coronary artery disease29
Transthyretin Cardiac Amyloidosis Scintigraphy Using Planar D-SPECT on Dedicated Cardiac CZT Camera29
WITHDRAWN: Feasibility of PiB PET/CT for treatment monitoring with Tafamidis in a patient with ATTR-CA28
Clinical risk stratification and myocardial perfusion imaging: Could a questionnaire give the answer?27
Exploring the Definition and Prognostic Utility of Abnormal Blood Pressure Response During Exercise Stress Testing26
Evaluation of a Computational Strategy To Personalize Myocardial Perfusion SPECT Acquisition Protocols Using Clinical Data From Female Patients With Large Breasts26
Two autopsy cases of wild-type transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis who died 10 days after technetium-99m-pyrophosphate scintigraphy25
Enhanced Risk Prediction for Cardiac PET/CT Using Cardiac Chamber Volumes and Myocardial Mass Derived From CT Attenuation Maps Using Deep Learning25
Prognostic Value of PET-Based Measurements of LV Hypertrophy in Suspected CAD25
Hybrid positron emission tomography and magnetic resonance imaging in carotid atherosclerosis: Not ready for prime time?24
Pulmonary perfusion and NYHA classification improve after cardiac resynchronization therapy24
Left ventricular strain analysis by positron emission tomography: Beyond myocardial perfusion24
Cardiac motion correction with a deep learning network for perfusion defect assessment in single-photon emission computed tomography myocardial perfusion imaging23
Autonomic disorders and myocardial 123I-metaiodobenzylguanidine scintigraphy in Huntington’s disease23
Cross-vender, cross-tracer, and cross-protocol deep transfer learning for attenuation map generation of cardiac SPECT22
Diagnostic accuracy of dynamic CZT-SPECT in coronary artery disease. A systematic review and meta-analysis22
Comparison of cardio-focal and chest reconstruction of technetium-99m pyrophosphate scintigraphy for diagnosis of transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis: a quality assurance study22
Integration of quantitative absolute myocardial blood flow estimates from dynamic CZT-SPECT improves the detection of coronary artery disease22
The prognostic value of 123I-mIBG SPECT cardiac imaging in heart failure patients: a systematic review22
18F-sodium fluoride PET/MRI myocardial imaging in patients with suspected cardiac amyloidosis21
Washout rate of cardiac 123I-meta-iodobenzylguanidine and ischemic stroke outcome21
AHL amyloidosis mimicking transthyretin amyloidosis on cardiac Tc-99 m pyrophosphate scan: A diagnostic challenge21
Detection and correction of patient motion in dynamic 15O-water PET MPI21
Defining the role for PET myocardial blood flow early post cardiac transplant21
Does digital positron emission tomography/computed tomography represent a step forward in the diagnostic accuracy of infective endocarditis?21
Left ventricular ejection fraction, myocardial blood flow and hemodynamic variables in adenosine and regadenoson vasodilator 82-Rubidium PET21
Increasing frequency of dyspnea among patients referred for cardiac stress testing21
Cardiac software repeatability beyond correlations: Clinical outcomes matter20
Association between myocardial ischemia and plaque characteristics in chronic total occlusion20
Cardiac amyloidosis characterization by kinetic model fitting on [18F]florbetaben PET images20
Cases from a busy nuclear cardiology laboratory19
ISCHEMIA questions and MITNEC answers: Defining and standardizing clinical ischemic jeopardy with SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging19
Choosing between anatomy and function is not always evident for the heart of end-stage renal disease patients. How low can we go?19
A PET-derived tumor expansion pattern to differentiate between primary cardiac lymphoma from primary cardiac sarcoma18
(18)F-sodium fluoride PET in multiple myeloma: Linking cancer to atherosclerosis?18
A new cardiac phantom for dynamic SPECT18
Ejection fraction and ventricular volumes on Rb PET: Validation against cardiovascular MRI17
Editorial: 18F-Fluoride PET/MR in cardiac amyloid; simple addition versus synergy?17
68Ga-DOTATATE PET/CT for assessment of cardiac sarcoidosis: hidden opportunities?17
Immediate recruitment of dormant coronary collaterals can provide more than half of normal resting perfusion during coronary occlusion in patients with coronary artery disease17
SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging-based ischemia-guided early coronary revascularization improves survival: More fuel to the fire17
Balancing risks and rewards in assessing pediatric heart disease17
Coronary microvascular dysfunction and COVID-19: implications for long COVID patients17
Optimizing accuracy and precision with motion correction of PET myocardial blood flow measurements17
Genetic Testing and Interrelationship With Clinical and Imaging Multimodality in the Diagnosis of Transthyretin Amyloid Cardiomyopathy17
How Good Are We Really? Underestimating the Extent of Obstructive CAD With SPECT and PET Relative Myocardial Perfusion Imaging and With PET Absolute Myocardial Blood Flow Measurement17
A positive PYP scan: Thinking beyond amyloid16
Confessions, the JNC family, and final farewell16
Nuclear cardiology in the literature: A selection of recent, original research papers16
Myocardial perfusion imaging in patients with subcutaneous implantable cardioverter defibrillators: Is this the correct test?16
Mechanical Dyssynchrony with Gated Myocardial Perfusion SPECT: Reproducibility is the Key16
Granulomatosis with polyangiitis mimicking cardiac malignancy on 18F-FDG PET/CT16
11C-MET PET for diagnosis and therapeutic monitoring in a patient with IgG4-related periaortitis/periarteritis concomitant with atherosclerosis16
Strengths and weaknesses of alternative noninvasive imaging approaches for microvascular ischemia15
Impact of collateral circulation in a patient with chronic coronary occlusion15
Factors that impact a patient’s experience when undergoing single-photon emission computed tomography myocardial perfusion imaging (SPECT-MPI) in the US: A survey of patients, imaging center staff, an15
Time-efficient cardiac imaging: early post-injection stress-first protocol myocardial perfusion SPECT with a CZT camera15
Multi-task Deep Learning of Myocardial Blood Flow and Cardiovascular Risk Traits from PET Myocardial Perfusion Imaging15
Value of SiPM PET in myocardial perfusion imaging using Rubidium-8215
ASNC Annual Meetings Have Made a Huge Impact for Me. Attending ASNC2022 Can Do the Same for You15
Short-term repeatability of myocardial blood flow using 82Rb PET/CT: The effect of arterial input function position and motion correction15
Added value of myocardial blood flow using 18F-flurpiridaz PET to diagnose coronary artery disease: The flurpiridaz 301 trial14
Cell proliferation detected using [18F]FLT PET/CT as an early marker of abdominal aortic aneurysm14
Diastolic dyssynchrony assessment by gated myocardial perfusion-SPECT in subjects who underwent cardiac resynchronization therapy14
Nuclear cardiology in the literature: A selection of recent, original research papers14
Correction to: Effect of nitroglycerin on splanchnic and pulmonary blood volume14
18F-sodium fluoride positron emission tomography following coronary computed tomography angiography in predicting long-term coronary events: a 5-year follow-up study14
Equilibrium radionuclide angiography: Present and future14
Tc-99m HMDP versus MDP discrepancy in cardiac amyloidosis14
Sources of error with cardiovascular PET/CT and PET/MRI and questions to be answered to achieve clinical usefulness14
Previous BioGlue repair mimicking cardiac infection with 18F-FDG PET imaging14
Retention models: ‘tis the gift to be simple14
Correction to: ASNC/AHA/ASE/EANM/HFSA/ISA/SCMR/SNMMI expert consensus recommendations for multimodality imaging in cardiac amyloidosis: Part 1 of 2—evidence base and standardized methods of imaging14
Feasibility and application of trimetazidine in 18F-FDG PET myocardial metabolic imaging of diabetic mellitus patients with severe coronary artery disease: A prospective, self-controlled study14
Strategies to attract early career physicians to the field of nuclear cardiology13
Tc-99m pyrophosphate left atrial uptake in patients with atrial fibrillation and cardiac amyloidosis13
New criteria for the diagnosis of infective endocarditis using 18F-FDG PET/CT imaging13
Evaluation of cardiac allograft vasculopathy by positron emission tomography13
Early detection of cancer therapy cardiotoxicity by radionuclide angiography: An update13
The enduring value of single-photon emission computed tomography myocardial perfusion imaging12
Cardiovascular 18F-fluoride positron emission tomography-magnetic resonance imaging: A comparison study12
Post Exercise TeleDiastolic Volume as a High Risk Functional Predictor Variable Evaluated by Single Photon Emission Tomography in Patients With End Stage Chronic Kidney Disease12
The importance of time for the evaluation of viability by SPECT12
Identifying CRT responders: Moving from electrical to mechanical dyssynchrony12
What is this image? 2023: Image 412
FDG-PET/CT and rest myocardial perfusion imaging to predict high-degree atrioventricular block recovery in cardiac sarcoidosis12
Quantitative technetium pyrophosphate and cardiovascular magnetic resonance in patients with suspected cardiac amyloidosis12
Coronary microvascular dysfunction in patients with psoriasis12
Quantifying the burden of cardiac amyloid: The future is about numbers!12
All that glitters is not sarcoidosis: Importance of systematic review of 18F-FDG-PET data and integration of clinical information12
Left ventricular hypertrophy caused by arterial hypertension and degenerative aortic stenosis: How useful 123I-mIBG is12
Comparison of PET-CT and CZT-SPECT on myocardial blood flow and flow reserve measurement: A systematic review and meta-analysis12
Body weight-dependent Rubidium-82 activity results in constant image quality in myocardial perfusion imaging with PET12
Automatic reorientation by deep learning to generate short-axis SPECT myocardial perfusion images12
Diagnostic value of quantitative myocardial blood flow assessment by NaI(Tl) SPECT in detecting significant stenosis: a prospective, multi-center study12
CME INSTRUCTIONS: Cardiac Imaging for the Assessment of Patients Being Evaluated for Kidney Transplantation12
Visual patterns of breast attenuation artifacts in women and men with an upright and supine cadmiun-zinc-telluride camera12
A novel cardiovascular risk assessment tool for the prediction of myocardial ischemia on imaging11
Broaden your horizon11
Semi-quantitative assessment of ischemia with rubidium-82 PET myocardial perfusion imaging11
Changes in left ventricle myocardial volume during stress test using cadmium-zinc-telluride cardiac imaging: Implications in coronary artery disease11
Cardiovascular disease in the literature: A selection of recent original research papers11
Low-dose coronary calcium scoring tarnishes power of zero11
Multi-modality imaging of inflammation and ischemia for assessment of myocardial injury in Covid-1911
Imaging an ATTR cardiac amyloidosis patient using fluorine-18 sodium fluoride PET/CT: A case report11
MIBG cardiac imaging compared to ejection fraction in evaluation of cardiotoxicity: a systematic review11
Prognostic impact of patients’ management based on anatomic/functional phenotype: a study in patients with chronic coronary syndromes11
Thank you to our 2024 Reviewers11
Evolving use of PET viability imaging11
Effect of proton pump inhibitors and H2 antagonists on gastric wall uptake in myocardial perfusion scan with 99mTc-sestamibi11
2022 Reviewer Acknowledgement11
Information: Use and process whatever you can get!11
Editorial Board10
Value of PET ECG gating in a cross-validation study of cardiac function assessment by PET/MR imaging10
Left ventricular shape index and eccentricity index with ECG-gated Nitrogen-13 ammonia PET/CT in patients with myocardial infarction, ischemia, and normal perfusion10
Dobutamine stress PET/CT for assessment of hemodynamic significance of coronary myocardial bridges10
Extra-cardiac findings in the age of hybrid cardiac imaging: Incidental or essential?10
18F-FMISO PET/CT: a new promising radiotracer for cardiac sarcoidosis and extracardiac involvement?10
Validation of multiparametric rubidium-82 PET myocardial blood flow quantification for cardiac allograft vasculopathy surveillance10
The prognostic utility of regadenoson SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging in patients with end-stage renal disease: The largest cohort to date10
Cardiopulmonary transit time: Reinforcing the case for positron emission tomography after heart transplantation10
JNC awards10
Coronary artery calcium or epicardial fat: Different markers for different people10
How shall we judge a PET flow model?10
What is This Image? 2022: Image 310
The effect of Vitamin-K1 and Colchicine on Vascular Calcification Activity in subjects with Diabetes Mellitus (ViKCoVaC): A double-blind 2x2 factorial randomized controlled trial10
The role of splenic switch-off in assessing vasodilator response: When less is more10
Quantification of myocardial blood flow by CZT-SPECT with motion correction and comparison with 15O-water PET10
Editorial Board10
Fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose PET/CT is a suitable instrument to show the effects of lipid metabolism disorders on metabolic networks in the living organism10
Tako-tsubo-like left ventricular dysfunction in a patient with COVID-19 demonstrated by non-invasive multi-modality imaging10
Aneurysmal formation from silent myocardial infarction mimics increased 18F-FDG uptake pattern10
The science and art of medicine today9
The often-overlooked elements of #PatientFirst imaging: Focus on optimal quality, including up-to-date protocols and equipment9
18F-fluorodeoxyglucose and 18F-sodium fluoride for imaging atherosclerotic plaque activity9
Stigmata of portal hypertension depicted on myocardial perfusion imaging9
PET/CT for endocarditis in the ACC/AHA 2020 valve guidelines: Ready for prime time?9
Use of mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist in ST elevation myocardial infarction9
Functional innervation imaging in the evaluation of cardiotoxicity: Just the beginning of the journey9
Evaluation of isolated cardiac sarcoidosis applying updated Japanese guidelines9
The prognostic value of regadenoson SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging: The largest cohort to date9
Heart rate and blood pressure response to vasodilator stress: A trip back to the future9
Prognostic value of myocardial perfusion imaging with D-SPECT camera in patients with ischemia and no obstructive coronary artery disease (INOCA)9
New insights for early assessment of cardiac involvement in Anderson-Fabry disease9
FDG uptake in marrow and spleen: What does it mean?9
Reply to the letter: In the thick of it: highlighting the importance of SPECT imaging9
Prevalence of balanced ischemia on positron emission tomography relative perfusion imaging among patients with high-risk coronary artery disease9
99mTc-PYP SPECT/CT as part of the diagnostic workup of left ventricular apical aneurysm in a patient with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy9
Value of 12-lead electrocardiogram to predict myocardial scar on FDG PET in heart failure patients9
Training and Validating a Neural Network for Myocardial Blood Flow Mapping in 82Rb PET: A Multicenter Study9
Cardiac dysfunction in cancer survivors after thoracic irradiation: A necessary evil?9
FDG hypermetabolism in myocardial ischemia without flow-limiting lesions: Possible role of coronary microvascular dysfunction9
Diagnostic accuracy of myocardial perfusion imaging in patients evaluated for kidney transplantation: A systematic review and meta-analysis9
Welcome, new cardiology fellows: ASNC is here to support you on your journey9
18F-FMISO PET/CT detects hypoxic lesions of cardiac and extra-cardiac involvement in patients with sarcoidosis9
What is this image? 2021: image 49
Deriving a New Prognostic Marker From Exercise Stress Testing Hemodynamics9
Multimodal imaging of perivascular epithelioid cell tumors in the pericardium9
Visceral adipose tissue phenotype and hypoadiponectinemia are associated with aortic Fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose uptake in patients with familial dyslipidemias9
123I-MIBG cardiac sympathetic imaging provides further insight into cardiorenal interactions in systolic heart failure patients9
Beyond traditional cardiovascular risk factors: Could frailty and other morbidities explain the worse prognosis in patients undergoing pharmacologic stress?9
Infective Endocarditis White Blood Cell Imaging: Is There an Added Value to the First-Line Imaging?9
Validation of [99mTc]Tc-HMDP SPECT/CT myocardium-to-blood ratio for the detection of ATTR cardiomyopathy9
Richter’s transformation with isolated cardiac involvement diagnosed by 2-[18F]FDG PET/CT scan9
Quantifying microcalcification activity in the thoracic aorta9
Coronary microvascular dysfunction detected by 13N-ammonia positron emission tomography in a patient with repaired aortic coarctation9
Reduced acquisition times for measurement of myocardial blood flow with 99mTc-tetrofosmin and solid-state detector SPECT9
Benefit of 82-Rubidium Positron Emission Tomography for risk stratification in a patient with Intrapericardial diaphragmatic hernia8
Current vision of a disease with high mortality that is progressively dispersing throughout the world: Chagasic heart disease8
Real world experience of therapeutic monitoring of medically treated prosthetic valve infective endocarditis by 18F-FDG-PET/CT8
Are nuclear medicine images quantified in 2D and 3D equally functional?8
Correction to: A PatientFirst approach to test selection: Now and forever8
Apical defect following Tendyne valve placement8
Using a deep learning algorithm to score coronary artery calcium in myocardial perfusion imaging: A real opportunity or just a new hype?8
Cardiovascular disease in the literature: A selection of recent original research papers8
64Cu-DOTATATE, the growing signal for PET imaging of vascular inflammation?8
Feasibility of myocardial blood flow quantification to detect flow-limited coronary artery disease with a one-day rest/stress continuous rapid imaging protocol on cardiac-dedicated cadmium zinc tellur8
Mechanical dyssynchrony and super-response to CRT8
Targeted imaging: the key for direct visualization of myocardial inflammation in patients?8
Perioperative cardiac risk assessment in kidney transplantation: It’s time to search for a new gold standard8
Beware! Some crucial information is left unattended on our myocardial perfusion scans!8
The culprit was inside myocardium8
Prognostic value of left ventricular mechanical dyssynchrony induced by exercise stress in patients with normal myocardial perfusion single-photon emission computed tomography8
To screen or not to screen for transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis8
How to use nuclear cardiology to evaluate cardiac allograft vasculopathy8
Autonomic dysfunction in Huntington’s disease: A 123I-MIBG study8
The importance of standards in medicine8
The utility of heart-to-mediastinum ratio using a planar image created from IQ-SPECT with Iodine-123 meta-iodobenzylguanidine8
ASNC Begins Search for New Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Nuclear Cardiology8
Myocardial revascularization driven by functional testing and PET imaging8
A case of disappearing amyloid on technetium pyrophosphate scan8
Left ventricular systolic dyssynchrony: a novel imaging marker for early assessment of myocardial damage in Chinese type 2 diabetes mellitus patients with normal left ventricular ejection fraction and8
Time-related aortic inflammatory response in severely or critical COVID-197
Enhancing the utility of radionuclide adrenergic imaging for assessing the risk of sudden arrhythmic cardiac death7
[18F]FDG-PET CT for the evaluation of native valve endocarditis7
Calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP)-induced recovery after myocardial infarction: Is there a role for CGRP-targeted molecular image-guided strategies in cardiology?7
Arterial 18F-NaF-uptake as a marker for vascular calcification activity. Can a little salt cut the sweet: a golden bullet to evaluate vascular mineralization?7
Assessing Cardiac Glucose Metabolism and Global Longitudinal Strain As Predictive Biomarkers of Chemotherapy-Induced Cardiotoxicity in Lymphoma Patients7
Splenic switch-off in regadenoson 82Rb-PET myocardial perfusion imaging: assessment of clinical utility7
The tipping point and nuclear cardiology: Building a field for the future7
A longitudinal pilot study to assess temporal changes in coronary arterial 18F-sodium fluoride uptake7
LVEF reserve: State of the heart is a matter of time, jeopardy and ischemic memory7
Normal imaging findings after ascending aorta prosthesis implantation on 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography with computed tomography7
Listening is still the first ‘test’ in diagnosing patients with chest pain7
Lung-to-heart ratio analysis using virtual planar images obtained from myocardial perfusion SPECT data: A phantom and clinical studies7
Identification of lipomatous metaplasia on computed tomography images helps confirm prior silent myocardial infarction associated with equivocal perfusion abnormality on single-photon emission compute7
Anger recall mental stress decreases 123I-metaiodobenzylguanidine (123I-MIBG) uptake and increases heterogeneity of cardiac sympathetic activity in the myocardium in patients with ischemic cardiomyopa7
Leveraging stress testing as a risk modifier: Optimization of medical therapy after SPECT MPI7
Evaluation of non-stenotic carotid atherosclerotic plaques with combined FDG-PET imaging and CT angiography in patients with ischemic stroke of unknown origin7
Comparison of the prognostic value of impaired stress myocardial blood flow, myocardial flow reserve, and myocardial flow capacity on low-dose Rubidium-82 SiPM PET/CT7
Sodium fluoride in cardiovascular disorders: A systematic review7
Diagnostic Performance of Deep Learning Model Using Quantitative Data for Detection of Multivessel Coronary Artery Disease in Stress Myocardial Perfusion Scintigraphy7
The prognostic implications of ST-segment and T-wave abnormalities in patients undergoing regadenoson stress SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging7
Cardiac sarcoidosis with thickening myocardium7
Editorial Board7
Addressing motion in the estimation of myocardial blood flow with [F-18] flurpiridaz positron emission tomography7
Phase I, first-in-human study of XTR004, a novel 18F-labeled tracer for myocardial perfusion PET: Biodistribution, radiation dosimetry, pharmacokinetics, and safety after a single injection at rest7
Markus Schwaiger, MD (Born 1950)7
Anxiety as a risk factor in coronary artery disease among young women7
Clinical significance of PET angiography in Takayasu arteritis7
Cardiac SPECT radiomic features repeatability and reproducibility: A multi-scanner phantom study7
Quantification of metabolic activity in the evaluation of cardiac sarcoidosis7
Stress myocardial perfusion imaging: Can we tell the results without doing the test?7
President's message: Building a large leadership tent: The need for strong collaboration with nonclinician colleagues7
Efficiency of tetrofosmin versus sestamibi achieved through shorter injection-to-imaging times: A systematic review of the literature7
Exploring PET-derived geometric indexes in ischemic heart disease: Is more in store?7
Image-derived and physiological markers to predict adequate adenosine-induced hyperemic response in Rubidium-82 myocardial perfusion imaging7
Deep learning prediction of quantitative coronary angiography values using myocardial perfusion images with a CZT camera7
F-18 flurpiridaz positron emission tomography myocardial perfusion imaging combined with treadmill exercise testing7
Navigating change and growth: Shaping the next chapter for the Journal of Nuclear Cardiology7
A highly predictive cardiac positron emission tomography (PET) risk score for 90-day and one-year major adverse cardiac events and revascularization7
Amyloidosis imaging in focus: The evolution of bone-avid cardiac scintigraphy in the era of disease-modifying therapies7
CT-free attenuation correction for dedicated cardiac SPECT using a 3D dual squeeze-and-excitation residual dense network6
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