Atlas of Nuclear Cardiology

Vasken Dilsizian, MD, FACC, FAHAProfessor of Medicine and RadiologyUniversity of Maryland School of MedicineChief, Division of Nuclear MedicineUniversity of Maryland Medical Center22 South Greene Street, Rm N2W78Baltimore, MD 21201-1595, USA Jagat Narula, MD, PhDProfessor of MedicineAssociate Dean of Global HealthDirector, Cardiovascular Imaging ProgramZena and Michael A. Wiener Cardiovascular InstituteMount Sinai Medical CenterDivision of CardiologyOne Gustave L. Levy Place1190 Fifth AvenueGP-1 West, Room N-125CNew York, NY 10029, USA

From the reviews of the fourth edition: "The object of this fourth edition of the Atlas of Nuclear Cardiology is to elucidate the role of cardiovascular nuclear procedures in the clinical practice of cardiology. ... this atlas will serve as a foundation for clinicians and a reference guide for scientists within and outside the field of nuclear cardiology. I highly recommend this book to trainees; to practitioners of nuclear medicine, diagnostic radiology, cardiology, and family medicine; and to those interested in imaging science." (E. Edmund Kim, The Journal of Nuclear Medicine, Vol. 54 (11), November, 2013)

• Principles of nuclear cardiology imaging.- SPECT and PET myocardial perfusion imaging: tracers and techniques.- Hybrid SPECT/CT and PET/CT imaging.- Physiologic and pharmacologic stressors.- Quantitation of myocardial perfusion: absolute blood flow versus relative uptake.- Assessment of cardiac function: first-pass, equilibrium blood pool, and gated myocardial SPECT.- Risk stratification and patient management.- Imaging cardiac metabolism.- Nuclear investigation in heart failure and myocardial viability.- Diagnosis and risk stratification in acute coronary syndromes.- Myocardial innervation.- Integrated structural-molecular imaging of atherosclerosis.