Nuclear Cardiac Imaging - Principles and Applications

Nuclear Cardiac Imaging is the definitive resource for nuclear cardiologists and nuclear clinicians on the technical, physiological, diagnostic, and prognostic considerations of cardiac diagnostic techniques performed with the aid of radiopharmaceuticals.

About the author

Ami E. Iskandrian is a Distinguished Professor of Medicine and Radiology and Chief of Nuclear Cardiology in the Division of Cardiovascular Disease at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Ernest V. Garcia is an Endowed Professor in Cardiac Imaging in the Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences at Emory University's School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia.

Summary

Nuclear cardiac imaging refers to cardiac radiological diagnostic techniques performed with the aid of radiopharmaceuticals, which are perfused into the myocardium as markers. These imaging studies provide a wide range of information about the heart, including the contractility of the heart, the amount of blood supply to the heart and whether parts of the heart muscle are alive or dead. This is essential information for cardiologists, and nuclear imaging has become an increasingly important part of the cardiologist's armamentarium. Chapters in Nuclear Cardiac Imaging cover historical, technical and physiological considerations, diagnosis and prognosis, conditions other than Coronary Artery Disease (CAD), advanced cardiac imaging, and challenges and opportunities. New to the fifth edition are key point summaries at the start of each chapter, clinical cases with videos, and a question and answer chapter on practical issues. This volume is ideal for nuclear cardiologists in training and nuclear clinicians alike who are searching for quick answers to important clinical and technical questions.

Foreword

Supplementary content available on Oxford Medicine Online

Product details

• Authors: Ami E. Iskandrian, Ami E. (Distinguished Professor of Med Iskandrian, Ami E. Garcia Iskandrian
• Assisted by: Ernest V. Garcia (Editor), Ernest V. (Professor of Radiology Garcia (Editor), Garcia Ernest V. (Editor), Ami E. Iskandrian (Editor), Ami E. (Distinguished Professor of Medicine and Radiology Iskandrian (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.12.2015
• EAN: 9780199392094
• ISBN: 978-0-19-939209-4
• No. of pages: 768
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine; MEDICAL / Cardiology, Radiology, MEDICAL / Diagnostic Imaging / General, MEDICAL / Radiology, Radiotherapy & Nuclear Medicine, nuclear medicine, Medical imaging, Cardiovascular medicine, Medical imaging: radiology