Table 2.

Patient 3’s serial fluorodeoxyglucose–positron emission tomography scans

Scan number	Months post-initial scan	Prednisone (mg daily)	Mycophenolate mofetil (mg twice daily)	SUV	LVEF (%)	MBF (mL/g/min)	% Scarring
1 (initial)	0	—	—	5.0	20	0.56	6%
2	5	60	—	3.4	17	0.57	6%
3	9	60	—	2.5	25	0.57	12%
4	15	25	1500	2.7	29	0.58	12%
5	22	15	1500	6.4	19	0.58	24%
6	27	10	2500	9.0	26	0.6	24%
7	34	Unknown	Unknown	3.0	31	0.61	29%
8	38	Unknown	Unknown	1.8	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown