To establish quantitative values of myocardial blood flow (MBF) in normal, healthy volunteers .
We seek to establish quantitative values of myocardial blood flow in 20 normal, healthy volunteers using our existing 2D PET camera (Positron Attrius) and invasively validated software package (HeartSee) in order to 1) establish institutional values for which clinical patients can be compared to and 2) add to the collective data of the scientific community. Values to be measured will be resting myocardial blood flow (MBF), stress MBF and coronary flow reserve.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
20
Volunteers will undergo cardiac PET stress testing
Ochsner
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Absolute myocardial blood flow at rest and stress in cc/min/g
resting and stress MBF are in units of cc/min/g
Time frame: measured at the time of the cardiac PET stress scan
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