Avid FDG uptake in the right ventricle coupled with enhanced intercostal muscle hypermetabolism in pneumoconiosis.
Basu
Sandip
S
Division of Nuclear Medicine, Hospital of University of Pennsylvania, 3400 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
Alavi
Abass
A
D006332:Cardiomegaly; D004452:Echocardiography; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18 / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D006801:Humans; D007366:Intercostal Muscles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009132:Muscles / Q000378:metabolism; D011009:Pneumoconiosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography / Q000379:methods; D011312:Pressure; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D013899:Thoracic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods
D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18