Echocardiography
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Echocardiography is a widely used cardiac imaging modality that is often the first-choice test for assessing cardiac structure and function. It provides a detailed structural assessment…
Nuclear Cardiology Procedures in the Evaluation of Myocardial Viability
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen It is estimated that 5.7 million Americans adults had heart failure (HF) in 2012 with an associated cost of $30.7 billion in that year alone.1 The…
Myocardial Perfusion Imaging in Special Populations
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Previous chapters have demonstrated the important role of myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) for the diagnosis and risk stratification of coronary artery disease (CAD) in the general…
Radionuclide Imaging of Cardiac Innervation
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen It is recognized by many in the field of nuclear cardiology that in order to thrive and advance, the discipline needs to go beyond myocardial perfusion…
Cardiac Amyloid Imaging and 18F-FDG PET/CT for Imaging Sarcoidosis and Cardiovascular Infection
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Cardiac amyloidosis, sarcoidosis, and cardiovascular infections are major causes of morbidity and mortality. Early diagnosis and timely application of specific therapy are critical to improve clinical…
Risk Stratification with Myocardial Perfusion Imaging
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen In the past three decades, a great body of literature has established the use of radionuclide myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI), for risk stratification in patients with…
Coronary Calcium Scoring and Coronary CT Angiography
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Coronary artery calcium (CAC) scoring and cardiac computed tomographic angiography (CCTA) are comparatively new noninvasive imaging modalities that have experienced a rapid accumulation of scientific evidence…
Hybrid Imaging: SPECT–CT and PET–CT
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen There has been a significant growth in hybrid single-photon emission computed tomography and computed tomography (SPECT–CT) and positron emission tomography computed tomography (PET–CT) systems over the…
Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Cardiovascular magnetic resonance is an advanced noninvasive cardiovascular imaging technique that has become well established but continues to evolve. It has some advantages over SPECT myocardial…
Radionuclide Angiography: Equilibrium and First Pass
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen The noninvasive assessment of resting left ventricular (LV) performance is an integral part of the evaluation of patients with known or suspected cardiac disease, having important…
