Handbook of Nuclear Cardiology

SECTION I: Ordering the Test:  Nuclear Cardiology Procedures.- 1.SPECT – R. Hendel.- 2. PET  – J. Lundbye.- SECTION II.       Patient Selection, Which Patient?.- 3.Overview of guidelines and appropriate use of criteria - K. Nelson and R. Hendel.- 4.

Suspected coronary artery disease:  symptomatic, asymptomatic, ED Imaging – R. Ruffin  and G. Heller.- 5.Patients with CAD:  Post MI, Post revascularization (CABG/PCI), stable CAD – D. Barmpouletos and G. Heller.- 6.Preoperative evaluation – Moreno and R. Hendel.- 7.Patients with heart failure  – S. Nair and G. Heller.- 8.Unique populations:  Diabetes, women, chronic renal failure, elderly - R. Pullatt and G. Heller.- SECTION III.      Test performance:  How to do it.- 9.Exercise stress testing – J. Dawson and R. Hendel.- 10.Pharmacologic Stress Testing – A. Badheka and R. Hendel.- 11.SPECT Radiopharmaceuticals - V. Tandon, N. Gauthier, C. Bensimon, T. Ruddy.- 12.SPECT Instrumentation - J. Strydhorst, R.A. Davies, Glenn Wells.- 13.PET Radiopharmaceuticals (A. C. Valadiva, T. Hadizad, J. DaSilva).- 14.PET Instrumentation J. Renaud, R. Beanlands, RA deKemp.- 15.Radiation safety (dosimetry and impact of serial testing) - G. mall, B. Chow, R. Hessian.- SECTION IV.        Test results:  What do they mean?.- 16.Interpretation and Reporting of SPECT Myocardial Perfusion Imaging – R. Hendel.- 17.Risk stratification and management of Ischemic Heart Disease with Nuclear Cardiology – T. Tanawuttiwat and R. Hendel.- SECTION V.               Comparative effectiveness of Nuclear Cardiology.- 18.  Exercise tolerance testing – A. Malik and G. Heller.- 19.Echocardiography – M. Tracy and R. Hendel.- 20.Cardiac CT – T. Azemi and G. Heller, MD.- 21.Cardiac MRI – T. Azemi and G. Heller.-

22.Cardiac Catheterization – A. Malik and G. Heller