Recent years have seen numerous advances in cardiovascular nuclear medicine technology, leading to more precise diagnoses and treatment and an expanded understanding of the molecular basis for cardiac disease. Nuclear Cardiology and Multimodal Cardiovascular Imaging is a one-stop, comprehensive guide to the diagnostic and clinical implications of this complex and increasingly important technology. Part of the Braunwald family of renowned cardiology references, it provides cutting-edge coverage of multimodal cardiac imaging along with case vignettes and integrated teaching content—ideal for cardiologists, cardiology fellows, radiologists, and nuclear medicine physicians.

1. Evaluating Myocardial Perfusion SPECT
2. Interpretation, Reporting and Guidelines
3. Image Artifacts
4. Radionuclide Angiography
5. Choice of Stress Test
6. Use in Stable patients with Known or Suspected CAD
7. Serial Testing
8. Patients with PCI and CABG
9. Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome
10. Risk Stratification in Non-Cardiac Surgery
11. MPI of Special Patient Groups
12. Patients with Heart Failure and Cardiomyopathy
13. Other Forms of Heart Disease
14. Patients with Chest Pain
15. Viability Assessment
16. Extra-cardiac Incidental Findings
17. Newer Tools for Assessment of Heart Failure
18. Improving SPECT MPI Efficiency and Reducing Radiation
19. Myocardial Perfusion SPECT/CT: The Added Value of CT Imaging
20. Cardiac PET and PET/CT: Artifacts and Tracers

Doody's Core Titles® 2022

"This book provides the most up-to-date, evidence-based, and patient-centered approach to nuclear studies, which aims to help physicians with personalized patient evaluation and treatment...This book is an excellent guide for training and practicing physicians dealing with nuclear cardiology."

©Doody’s Review Service, 2022, Sathvika Reddy Gaddam, MD (East Tennessee State University Quillen College of Medicine)

Doody's Score: 4 Stars!