Advances in cardiovascular imaging have resulted in the development of multiple noninvasive techniques to evaluate myocardial perfusion and coronary anatomy, each of which has unique strengths and ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Although the literature and data regarding the prognostic and diagnostic ability – as well as the wider ...

Use of 3-D whole heart myocardial perfusion cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) accurately predicts the presence of ischemia-producing stenosis as measured by fractional flow reserve (FFR). The ...

This exciting technique has gained rapid acceptance in routine clinical practice. This technique is similar to a standard SPECT study, except that a number of images (8 or 16) are acquired at each ...

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Patients who receive cardiac positron emission testing (PET) imaging instead of single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) scan experienced a significant increase in the detection of severe ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Among patients who underwent a stress myocardial perfusion PET scan, increasing magnitude of stress myocardial ...

Myocardial perfusion imaging is an emerging technique to help triage patients presenting to the emergency room with chest pain and who present with a normal or non-diagnostic electrocardiogram. The ...

The written report is the final product of the Nuclear Medicine consultation. Reports must contain specific information to identify the patient, the specific procedure, indications for the examination ...