Cost-Effectiveness of Nuclear Cardiology
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Nuclear cardiology in its over 40 years of use has grown to one of the most utilized and performed medical procedures in the United States, with…
Evaluation of Patients with Known Coronary Artery Disease
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen In the last 40 years, there has been a dramatic decline in cardiovascular mortality. Over the past decade alone, the rate of death attributable to cardiovascular…
Radionuclide Imaging in Heart Failure
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Despite many advances in therapy, chronic heart failure remains a prevalent condition with a high mortality rate.1 The successful treatment of heart failure patients requires establishing…
Preoperative Risk Assessment for Noncardiac Surgery
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death worldwide. Of the 200 million patients who undergo noncardiac surgery each year the world over, approximately 10 million…
Evaluation of Patients with Suspected Coronary Artery Disease Using Nuclear Myocardial Perfusion Imaging
BACKGROUND Print Section Listen The worldwide burden of coronary artery disease (CAD) remains substantial. Annually, an estimated 1.5% of the US population visits the primary care services with symptoms of…
The Appropriate Use of Nuclear Cardiology Techniques
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen The past several decades have witnessed remarkable advances in medical care, including cardiac imaging. This rapid pace of technological development has provided a wealth of diagnostic…
Interpretation and Reporting of SPECT Myocardial Perfusion Imaging
INTERPRETATION Print Section Listen The review and interpretation of myocardial perfusion images are perhaps the key duty of a nuclear cardiologist. It is critical that image interpretation be performed in…
Quality Control in SPECT and PET Imaging
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Quality control (QC) of single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) and positron emission tomography (PET) nuclear cardiology procedures is a multiple-step process that begins before the patient…
Cardiovascular Positron Emission Tomography
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Cardiac positron emission tomography (PET) myocardial perfusion imaging is an outstanding tool for diagnosis and risk stratification of patients with known or suspected coronary artery disease…
Cardiac SPECT and PET Instrumentation
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen The changing needs of cardiologists and patients have led to an unprecedented evolution in nuclear cardiology instrumentation. Modern instrumentation has a wide range of collimation, attenuation…
