Nuclear Cardiology 2nd Edition

• Concise and reliable guide to nuclear cardiology presented in the easy-to-assimilate Oxford Specialist Handbook format
• Covers physics, technology and clinical aspects of nuclear cardiology to provide a complete core knowledge of the subspecialty
• Includes recent innovations alongside both everyday and less common nuclear cardiology applications
• Extensively illustrated with colour plates to aid clinical practice

New to this Edition:

• All chapters fully revised and updated
• Coverage of new indications for gamma camera imaging such as cardiac amyloidosis
• Increased focus on attenuation correction and SPECT-CT
• Information on the design, use and clinical implications on solid-state gamma cameras integrated into appropriate chapters

Table of Contents

1: Introduction to nuclear cardiology
2: Radiation physics
3: The gamma camera
4: Single photon emission computed tomography
5: Radionuclide ventriculography
6: Introduction to myocardial perfusion scintigraphy
7: Stress testing for myocardial perfusion scintigraphy
8: Radiopharmaceuticals used in myocardial perfusion scintigraphy
9: Myocardial perfusion scintigraphy: image interpretation
10: Myocardial perfusion scintigraphy: clinical value
11: Other nuclear cardiological investigations
12: Cardiac positron emission tomography