Introduction/Aim. Anatomically insignificant stenosis of coronary arteries obtained on coronary angiography, in numerous cases can show hemodynamic significance and as such cause ischemic myocardial changes. The goal was to assess the diagnostic accuracy of myocardial perfusion scintigraphy (SPECT MPI) in the detection of hemodinamically significan...

By Miloš Stević, Marina Vlajković, Filip Veličković, Tamara Anđelković, Nina Topić

Introduction. Neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) have increased expression of somatostatin receptors (SSTR), where subtype 2 and 5 are the most common. Overexpression of the SSTR is an outstanding molecular target for inoperable and metastatic NETs that enables a unique approach of targeted diagnosis and treatment. In addition to SSTRs, neuroendocrine tu...

By Filip Veličković, Marina Vlajković, Miloš Stević, Nina Topić, Tamara Anđelković, Đuro Macut

Summary Presently, there is very little data on the impact of nicotine and other components of tobacco smoking on the outcome of radioiodine therapy (RIT) in Graves’ disease (GD). Thus, this study was aimed to analyze a possible impact of cigarette smoking on the effect of radioiodine therapy in the patients with Graves’ disease. The study...

By Vladan Sekulić, Milena P. Rajić, Marina Vlajković, Slobodan Ilić, Miloš Stević, Ivana Mišić, Milan Božinović

Summary Patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) develop complications including coronary artery disease (CAD), which is the leading cause of mortality in this group of patients. One of the diagnostic modalities for early detection of myocardial ischemia in symptomatic and asymptomatic patients with DM is myocardial perfusion tomography (MPI). ...

By Miloš Stević, Marina Vlajković, Goran Koraćević, Radivoj Kocić, Milena Rajić, Slobodan Ilić