Integrating Cardiology for Nuclear Medicine Physicians: A Guide to Nuclear Medicine Physicians

Front Matter....Pages I-XIV
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
The Heart: Anatomy, Physiology and Exercise Physiology....Pages 3-22
Pathophysiology of Coronary Artery Disease....Pages 23-30
Pathology of Coronary Artery Disease and Ischemic Heart Disease....Pages 31-43
Pathophysiology of Diabetic Vascular Complications....Pages 45-50
Front Matter....Pages 51-51
Clinical Assessment and Evaluation of the Cardiovascular System....Pages 53-63
The Plain Chest Radiograph in the Assessment of Cardiac Disease....Pages 65-75
Ischaemic and Inflammatory Biomarkers in Cardiovascular Disease....Pages 77-85
Electrocardiography and Exercise Stress Test....Pages 87-112
Ambulatory Electrocardiography, Transient Event Monitors, and Continuous Loop Recorders....Pages 113-116
Echocardiography and Contrast Echocardiography....Pages 117-126
Dobutamine Stress Echocardiography....Pages 127-136
Transesophageal echocardiography....Pages 137-144
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology – An Overview....Pages 145-154
Cardiac Catheterization and Selective Coronary Angiography: Current Status and Limitations....Pages 155-161
Emerging Role of Multi-detector CT Imaging....Pages 163-176
Current Status of Cardiovascular MR Imaging....Pages 177-187
Front Matter....Pages 189-189
Principles of Myocardial SPECT Imaging....Pages 191-211
Radionuclides in Nuclear Cardiology: Current Status and Limitations....Pages 213-220
Planar and SPECT Radiopharmaceuticals in Nuclear Cardiology: Current Status and Limitations....Pages 221-229
Myocardial Perfusion Imaging for Risk Stratification in Suspected or Known Coronary Artery Disease: Current Status and Limitations....Pages 231-236
Front Matter....Pages 189-189
Imaging Protocols in Myocardial Perfusion Scintigraphy....Pages 237-244
Pharmacological Stress Myocardial Perfusion Imaging: Current Status and Limitations....Pages 245-260
Gated Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT) Imaging: Current Status and Limitations....Pages 261-274
Myocardial Perfusion Scintigraphy in the Assessment of Post-Revascularization – Current Status and Limitations....Pages 275-285
Nuclear Cardiology in Women....Pages 287-297
Myocardial Perfusion Scintigraphy in Acute Chest Pain: Current Status and Limitations....Pages 299-304
Myocardial Perfusion Scintigraphy in Diabetes: Current Status and Limitations....Pages 305-323
Artefacts and Pitfalls in Myocardial Perfusion Imaging....Pages 325-342
Multiple Gated Equilibrium Blood Pool Imaging (MUGA)....Pages 343-353
First Pass Studies – Current Status and Limitations....Pages 355-361
Cardiac PET: Physics and Methodology....Pages 363-377
PET Radiopharmaceuticals in Nuclear Cardiology: Current Status and Limitations....Pages 379-385
Cardiac PET Imaging: Current Status and Limitations....Pages 387-399
Paediatric Nuclear Cardiology....Pages 401-407
Cardiac Adrenergic Imaging....Pages 409-416
Front Matter....Pages 417-417
Prevention of Coronary Heart Disease....Pages 419-423
Cardiovascular Medications: Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics....Pages 425-452
Anti-Arrhythmic Drugs: Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics....Pages 453-461
Coronary Angioplasty and Newer Interventional Strategies....Pages 463-470
Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery: Science and Practice....Pages 471-485
Front Matter....Pages 417-417
Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery....Pages 487-495
Transmyocardial Revascularization....Pages 497-509
Prevention of Re-Stenosis of Coronary Arteries by Radionuclides....Pages 511-515
Cardiac Transplantation: Current Status and Limitations....Pages 517-524
Back Matter....Pages 525-544