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'''Section editor:''' Eli V. Gelfand, M.D. (Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School) | '''Section editor:''' Eli V. Gelfand, M.D. (Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School) | ||
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Latest revision as of 20:10, 4 September 2012
Section editor: Eli V. Gelfand, M.D. (Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School) [1]
General overview of Nuclear Cardiology
- Basic physical principles of single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT)
- Basic physical principles of positron emission tomography (PET)
- Commonly used radiopharmaceuticals
- Selecting appropriate candidates for myocardial perfusion imaging
- Standard exercise stress protocols
- Standard pharmacologic stress protocols
- Imaging protocols
- Combining myocardial perfusion imaging with coronary CT
- Radionuclide angiography
- Molecular imaging and related novel technologies
Clinical use of stress myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI)
- ACCF/ASNC appropriateness criteria for SPECT-MPI (2005)
- ACC/AHA guidelines for cardiac radionuclide imaging (2003)
Coronary Disease
- Assessment of patients presenting with chest pain to the Emergency Department
- Detection of CAD
- Management, risk assessment and prognosis of patients with chronic CAD
- Detection of acute MI
- Risk assessment of patients following ST-elevation MI
- Risk assessment of patients following non-ST elevation acute coronary syndrome
Heart Failure
- Assessment of LV systolic function
- Assessment of etiology of heart failure
- Detection of CAD in patients with heart failure
- Determination of myocardial viability
Specific patient populations
- Patients with an "uninterpretable" resting ECG
- Elderly patients
- Asymptomatic patients with diabetes
- Patients following up after a coronary calcium screening
- Patients before and after coronary revascularization
- Patients undergoing elective noncardiac surgery