The heart uses glucose and fatty acids for energy, and this balance changes in disease. PET using 18F-FDG or a range of 18F-labelled fatty acid tracers allows this to be studied in a variety of disease models.
PET @ Hull
Faculty of Health Sciences
The heart uses glucose and fatty acids for energy, and this balance changes in disease. PET using 18F-FDG or a range of 18F-labelled fatty acid tracers allows this to be studied in a variety of disease models.