| CS | cardiac sarcoidosis |
| PET | positron emission tomography |
| FDG | fluorodeoxyglucose |
| JMHW | Japanese Ministry of Health and Welfare |
| HRS | Heart Rhythm Society |
| SNMMI | Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging |
| CT | computed tomography |
| ASNC | American Society of Nuclear Cardiology |
| MRI | magnetic resonance imaging |
| MPI | myocardial perfusion imaging |
| SPECT | single-photon emission computed tomography |
| SUV | standard uptake value |
| UI | uptake index |
| SSTR | somatostatin receptor |
| FLT | fluorothymidine |
| FMISO | fluoromisonidazole |
| MIP | maximum intensity projection |
| CXCR4 | C-X-C motif chemokine receptor 4 |
| MI | myocardial infarction |