Atlas of Nuclear Cardiology

The newly updated and expanded Atlas of Nuclear Cardiology, Fourth Edition provides physicians and trainees with the most up-to-date information in a rapidly changing field.  In addition to beautifully rendered color illustrations, the atlas emphasizes key points with a multitude of diagnostic algor...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Dilsizian, Vasken. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Narula, Jagat. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
Edition:4th ed. 2013.
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-5551-6
Table of Contents:
  • Principles of nuclear cardiology imaging
  • SPECT and PET myocardial perfusion imaging: tracers and techniques
  • Hybrid SPECT/CT and PET/CT imaging
  • Physiologic and pharmacologic stressors
  • Quantitation of myocardial perfusion: absolute blood flow versus relative uptake
  • Assessment of cardiac function: first-pass, equilibrium blood pool, and gated myocardial SPECT
  • Risk stratification and patient management
  • Imaging cardiac metabolism
  • Nuclear investigation in heart failure and myocardial viability
  • Diagnosis and risk stratification in acute coronary syndromes
  • Myocardial innervation
  • Integrated structural-molecular imaging of atherosclerosis.