Clinical gated cardiac SPECT / edited by Guido Germano and Daniel S. Berman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Germano, Guido.

Berman, Daniel S. (Daniel Sholom), 1944-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Heart--Tomography.

Heart.

Coronary heart disease--Tomography.

Coronary heart disease.

Myocardial infarction--Tomography.

Myocardial infarction.

Tomography.

Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon.

Heart--diagnostic imaging.

Coronary Disease--diagnostic imaging.

Gated Blood-Pool Imaging.

Medical Subjects:

Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon.

Heart--diagnostic imaging.

Coronary Disease--diagnostic imaging.

Gated Blood-Pool Imaging.

Physical Description:

ix, 387 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Armonk, NY : Futura Pub. Co., 1999.

Summary:

Nuclear cardiology has demonstrated continuous dramatic growth for over 20 years and has become central to the clinical evaluation of patients with known or suspected coronary artery disease (CAD). Recently, gated SPECT has emerged as the most common approach to myocardial perfusion imaging, and is performed in the majority of nuclear cardiology studies. The use of gated SPECT has resulted in potentially dramatic improvement in the evaluation of CAD, allowing for the routine assessment of both perfusion and function from a single study. This book comprises 12 chapters by leading physicians and scientists in the field, and will be valuable to all students and physicians involved in cardiac imaging.

Contents:

1. Applications of Nuclear Cardiology / Daniel S. Berman, Guido Germano 1

2. Clinical Measurement of Regional and Global Function in the Normal and Abnormal Heart / Kevin M. Mulhern, David J. Skorton 73

3. Acquisition and Processing for Gated Perfusion SPECT: Technical Aspects / Guido Germano, Daniel S. Berman 93

4. Quantitative Gated Perfusion SPECT / Guido Germano, Daniel S. Berman 115

5. An Approach to the Interpretation and Reporting of Gated Myocardial Perfusion SPECT / Daniel S. Berman, Guido Germano 147

6. Artifacts Clarified by and Caused by Gated Myocardial Perfusion SPECT / E. Gordon DePuey 183

7. Clinical Value of Combined Perfusion and Function Imaging in the Diagnosis, Prognosis, and Management of Patients with Suspected or Known Coronary Artery Disease / Rory Hachamovitch 239

8. Assessment of Myocardial Perfusion and Left Ventricular Function in Acute Coronary Syndromes: Implications for Gated SPECT Imaging / Fahim Jafary, James E. Udelson 259

9. Clinical Value of Combined Assessment of Perfusion and Function for the Evaluation of Myocardial Viability / Robert O. Bonow 307

10. Cost Effectiveness of Gated and Nongated Cardiac SPECT Imaging / Leslee J. Shaw 325

11. Quantitative Gated Blood Pool SPECT / Guido Germano, Serge Van Kriekinge, Daniel S. Berman 339

12. Comparison of Nuclear and Non-Nuclear Techniques for the Combined Assessment of Perfusion and Function / Nick G. Bellenger, Dudley J. Pennell 349.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0879934328

OCLC:

40881498