Impact of hemoglobin concentration on quantitative cardiac perfusion measurements
Hemoglobin concentration affects resting myocardial blood flow but not stress MBF, indicating stress MBF may serve as a more robust and reliable measure of maximal coronary flow capacity than MFR, particularly in patients with anemia.
Authors
- Kai M. Eggers (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8806-5778)
- Hendrik J. Harms (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1208-1488)
- Christian L. Polte (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7125-9747)
- Tanja Kero (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-2002-8699)
- Nina Johnston (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6560-169X)
- Jonathan Sigfridsson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8382-3624)
- Mark Lubberink (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8324-7399)
- Patrik Svanström
- Jens Sørensen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5738-9983)
- Arno Brandt
Institutions
- Uppsala University (SE)
- Uppsala University Hospital (SE)
- Sahlgrenska University Hospital (SE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Nuclear Cardiology
- Published
- 2025-10-30
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nuclcard.2025.102537
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Erythropoietin and Anemia Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 5.31