Atlas pratique de scintigraphie cardiaque / Practical atlas of cardiac scintigraphy

PrHace Voici enfin l'Atlas de scintigraphie cardiaque, clair, demon- This Atlas 0/ cardiac scintigraphy - clearly presented and stratif, comprehensible et que nous attendions tous, car- easy to understand - has long been awaited by all clinical diologues c1iniciens. cardiologists. Il n'etait certainement pas necessaire d'etre grand clerc At the time when the first hesitating steps were being taken pour prevoir, lors des premiers balbutiements de cette in this field, one did not have to be an expert to foresee methode, la rapide importance qu'elle prendrait; beau- how important these tests would soon become.
It was coup plus difficile etait, sans nul doute, de penetrer dans ce without doubt more difficult to penetrate into the select cenacle de physiciens, de les suivre, meme de loin, dans le world ofthis group ofphysicians, to follow, evenfrom a long cheminement de leurs travaux, de participer active- distance, the progress oftheir work, to play an active part ment aleurs progres, d'avoir meme une comprehension in their etIorts or to understand clearly their initial results claire de leurs premiers resultats: quelle etrange represen- represented by this strange, blurred, vague and poorly sys- tation en etIet, floue, indecise, mal systematisee, des ditIe- tematised image ofthe ditIerent areas ofuptake and of car- rents niveaux de fixation et de la topographie cardiaque. diac anatomy.