Figure 1.
Cardiac FDG PET/CT imaging protocol. A high-fat, low-carbohydrate diet was followed for 36 hours prior to scanning. Rest myocardial persuasion imaging was performed with 82Rb. Following rest myocardial perfusion imaging, the test meal drink was consumed. Approximately 4 house later, 30 IU/kg of unfractionated heparin was administered as three boluses (10 IU/kg) at 10 minutes preceding and 5 and 20 minutes following FDG injection.