Houston Methodist, UW Health 1st to use new PET radiotracer

Houston Methodist Hospital and Madison, Wis.-based UW Health are the first U.S. healthcare organizations to use GE Healthcare’s new PET radiotracer, Flyrcado.

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The radiopharmaceutical is a positron emission tomography myocardial perfusion imaging agent used in patients with known or suspected coronary artery disease, according to a Feb. 25 news release from GE Healthcare. 

Flyrcado received FDA approval Sept. 27, and it is expected to be available to all U.S. cardiac positron emission tomography centers by the end of 2025, the release said. 

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