Introduction Cardiovascular nuclear medicine imaging techniques are part of the ever-growing clinical noninvasive imaging armamentarium for the evaluation of suspected or known coronary artery disease (CAD). These techniques provide valuable information regarding diagnosis and clinical risk, and consequently have established…
Fundamentals of Radionuclide Imaging Radionuclide imaging techniques are widely used in the evaluation of patients with known or suspected coronary artery disease (CAD). The basic principle underlying this approach is the use of radiolabeled agents or radiopharmaceuticals that are injected…
Additional content is available online at Elsevier eBooks for Practicing Clinicians Nuclear cardiology encompasses multiple quantitative imaging techniques with established clinical applications in ischemic heart disease, heart failure, cardiac and vascular inflammation and infection, with emerging applications in valvular heart…