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Features all the latest cardiovascular nuclear medicine studies with practical, evidence-based implications for personalized patient evaluation and treatment.
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Presents a consistent, patient-centered approach using integrated case vignettes correlated with specific nuclear medicine imaging findings. Discusses patient assessment criteria, risk factor criteria, pathology, evaluation criteria, outcomes, and other clinical implications.
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Covers a full range of imaging technologies, including SPECT/CT, PET/CT, and CT/MR hybrid radionuclide cardiovascular imaging studies.
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Addresses emerging clinical applications of nuclear imaging techniques for precision-based medicine, including targeted molecular imaging and cell therapies.
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Includes sections on instrumentation/principles of imaging; protocols and interpretation; applications in coronary artery disease, special populations, and heart failure; artificial intelligence, and more.
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Contains guidelines and appropriate use documents to provide appropriate context for clinicians.
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Features hundreds of high-quality figures including multimodal cardiac imaging studies, anatomic illustrations, and graphs.
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Provides Key Point summaries, 50 procedural videos, and 100 multiple-choice questions and answers to reinforce understanding and facilitate review.
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Enhanced eBook version included with purchase, which allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices
Table of Contents
- Evaluating Myocardial Perfusion SPECT
- Interpretation, Reporting and Guidelines
- Image Artifacts
- Radionuclide Angiography
- Choice of Stress Test
- Use in Stable patients with Known or Suspected CAD
- Serial Testing
- Patients with PCI and CABG
- Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome
- Risk Stratification in Non-Cardiac Surgery
- MPI of Special Patient Groups
- Patients with Heart Failure and Cardiomyopathy
- Other Forms of Heart Disease
- Patients with Chest Pain
- Viability Assessment
- Extra-cardiac Incidental Findings
- Newer Tools for Assessment of Heart Failure
- Improving SPECT MPI Efficiency and Reducing Radiation
- Myocardial Perfusion SPECT/CT: The Added Value of CT Imaging
- Cardiac PET and PET/CT: Artifacts and Tracers