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Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product. An expertly written state-of-the-art review of every aspect of cardiovascular PET imaging Filling a void in the medical literature, this much needed resource clearly and succinctly reviews the current knowledge and practical aspects of cardiovascular PET. With coverage that spans everything from instrumentation to clinical procedures to the future directions of cardiac PET, the intent and focus of this book is to provide readers with the most current, reliable, and clinically relevant data in one concise, focused resource.   Essential for anyone preparing for the board exam in nuclear medicine, Cardiovascular PET: Current Concepts is organized into six sections: • Current Concepts of Cardiovascular PET Imaging: The New Paradigm • Clinical Overview of Contemporary Myocardial Perfusion Imaging with Cardiac PET • Quantitative Myocardial Blood Flow Assessment • Technical Developments in Cardiovascular PET • Myocardial Viability Assessment: The Current Rule of Cardiac PET • Current Status of Assessment of Cardiovascular Inflammation and Infection Imaging Each chapter concludes with an informative “Editor’s Perspective” in which one of the editors places the material discussed in the chapter into real-world clinical perspective.  If you would like a better understanding of cardiovascular PET, or want to incorporate it into your own clinical practice, this book is required reading.

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Author:   Gary Heller ,  Timothy M Bateman ,  James A Case ,  Parthiban Arumugam
Publisher:   McGraw-Hill Education
Imprint:   McGraw-Hill Education
Dimensions:   Width: 18.50cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 24.40cm
Weight:   0.661kg
ISBN:  

9781259860485

ISBN 10:   1259860485
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   07 February 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Section I: Technical Developments in Cardiovascular PET 1.    Cardiovascular PET Cameras: detectors: BSO vs. LSO/LYSO, line source vs. hybrid PET/CT, 3-D versus 2D acquisition, etc 2.    Cyclotrons, Generators, Delivery systems for Cardiac PET imaging 3.    Radiation Exposure with Cardiovascular PET: new data 4.                    Section II: New Developments in Myocardial Perfusion Imaging with Cardiac PET   5.    Clinical Update: Indications, Protocols, Accuracy, Risk stratification 6.    Hybrid Imaging: Value of Calcium Scoring with case examples 7.    Quantitative myocardial blood flow – technical and quality control issues with case examples 8.    Quantitative myocardial blood flow – clinical importance with case examples 9.                    Section III: New Developments in Viability Assessment with Cardiac PET   10. Clinical update on role and value Patient preparation for FDG viability: diabetic and non-diabetic Interpretation of PET viability studies with examples                         Section IV:  Current Status of Assessment of          Cardiac Sarcoid with FDG Imaging   11. Clinical need: current assessment Patient preparation Supportive data  How to do: value of MRI? Interpretation of cardiac sarcoid studies with case examples      Assessment of therapies: timing, indications                Reporting cardiac sarcoid studies                           Section V: Infection and Vascular Inflammation               Imaging                                                                                               10. Infection imaging: ICD, leads, endocarditis                                Section VI: New Tracers in Cardiovascular PET              11. Flurpiridaz to be the primary topic            

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