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Journal of Nuclear Cardiology
Published in: Journal of Nuclear Cardiology 6/2009

01-12-2009 | Review Article

Recent advances in cardiac PET and PET/CT myocardial perfusion imaging

Authors: Gary V. Heller, MD, PhD, Dennis Calnon, MD, Sharmila Dorbala, MD

Published in: Journal of Nuclear Cardiology | Issue 6/2009

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Cardiovascular imaging has gained an important role in the evaluation of patients with either known or suspected coronary artery disease. The choices have expanded, imaging procedures have improved. Currently, testing procedures include echocardiography, magnetic resonance imaging, cardiac CTA, cardiac catheterization, and nuclear myocardial perfusion imaging with either single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) or positron emission tomography (PET). Each of these imaging modalities has its strengths and weaknesses. However, SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging has emerged as a reliable and widely available tool for physicians to use in the assessment of their patient for the exclusion or presence and severity of CAD. Recently, cardiac PET has emerged as an alternative to SPECT imaging. …
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Metadata
Title
Recent advances in cardiac PET and PET/CT myocardial perfusion imaging
Authors
Gary V. Heller, MD, PhD
Dennis Calnon, MD
Sharmila Dorbala, MD
Publication date
01-12-2009
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Journal of Nuclear Cardiology / Issue 6/2009
Print ISSN: 1071-3581
Electronic ISSN: 1532-6551
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12350-009-9142-5

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