UW Department of Radiology first in Midwest to administer new radiotracer
The UW Department of Radiology became the first site in the Midwest and second in the nation to administer patient doses of GE HealthCare’s new cardiac PET radiopharmaceutical, Flyrcado (flurpiridaz F 18) injection. Through a long-standing collaboration with GE HealthCare, Nandakumar Menon, MD and Sarah Thordsen, MD introduced the use of the radiotracer that could increase patient access to cardiac stress PET imaging.
March 11th, 2025
