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01-10-2018 | Editorial

Absolute myocardial blood flow vs relative myocardial perfusion: Which one is better?

Authors: Tali Sharir, MD, Gil Kovalski, PhD

Published in: Journal of Nuclear Cardiology | Issue 5/2018

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Nuclear cardiology provides valuable information in the non-invasive assessment of coronary artery disease (CAD). Initially, single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) has been introduced, generating semi-quantitative relative myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI). This approach demonstrates myocardial regions with reduced tracer uptake relative to a normal region and allows assessment of the ischemic burden. Over the past 30 years, SPECT-MPI has become a well-established, widely used method for diagnosis and risk stratification of patients with CAD.1 …

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Title: Absolute myocardial blood flow vs relative myocardial perfusion: Which one is better?
Authors: Tali Sharir, MD
Gil Kovalski, PhD
Publication date: 01-10-2018
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Journal of Nuclear Cardiology / Issue 5/2018
Print ISSN: 1071-3581
Electronic ISSN: 1532-6551
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12350-017-0909-9

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