INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen The introduction of routine absolute myocardial blood flow assessments for cardiac PET adds unique information that is difficult, if not impossible, to acquire using other noninvasive…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Cardiac positron emission tomographic (PET) myocardial perfusion imaging offers patients and referring health-care providers a superior product with high diagnostic accuracy and risk stratification. As with…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Stress/rest myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) is commonly used for the diagnostic assessment of patients with suspected coronary artery disease (CAD) and for aiding clinical management decisions,…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen An important evolutionary advancement in the field of nuclear cardiology has been the introduction of cardiovascular positron emission tomography (PET) into mainstream clinical care. An extensive…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Pulmonary embolism (PE) results in at least 630,000 symptomatic episodes in the United States yearly, making it about half as common as acute myocardial infarction, and…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen The most common heart valve affected by infective endocarditis (IE) is the aortic valve. Fortunately, significant progress has been made in our understanding and management of…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen For over 40 years, cardiac and lung transplantation have achieved remarkable one-year patient survivals beyond 90% and conditional half-lives of 13 and 7.9 years, respectively.1 While…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen The number of patients with heart failure is growing. End-stage heart failure is associated with significant morbidity, need for recurrent hospitalizations, decrease in quality of life,…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen The pericardium envelops the heart and portions of the great vessels as a protective capsule. When incised longitudinally and transversely along the diaphragm it can be…
