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Author:   Ami E. Iskandrian (Professor Emeritus, Division of Cardiology, Professor Emeritus, Division of Cardiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham) ,  Fadi G. Hage (Professor of Medicine, Professor of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Edition:   6th Revised edition
Dimensions:   Width: 24.60cm , Height: 5.60cm , Length: 22.60cm
Weight:   2.835kg
ISBN:  

9780190095659

ISBN 10:   0190095652
Pages:   808
Publication Date:   16 February 2024
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Section I. Historical, Technical and Physiological Considerations 1. Nuclear Cardiology: History and Milestones- Barry Zaret 2. Radiation physics- James Galt 3. SPECT and PET Instrumentation- James Galt and Ernest Garcia 4. Kinetics of Conventional and New Cardiac Radiotracers- Ran Klein 5. Radionuclide Angiography: Planar and Tomographic- Steven Port 6. Gated SPECT MPI: Imaging Protocols and Acquisition; Processing and Quantitation- Milena Henzlova 7. Image Artifacts- William Van Decker Section II. Diagnosis and Risk Assessment 8. Regulation of Myocardial Blood Flow: Henry Gewirtz 9. How to measure Myocardial Blood Flow by PET?- Heinrich Schelbert 10. How to measure Myocardial Blood flow by SPECT?- Terrence Ruddy 11. Treadmill Exercise Testing- Gregory Thomas 12. Pharmacological Stress Testing- Effie Andrikopoulou, Ami Iskandrian, Fadi Hage 13. SPECT MPI in Diagnosis/Risk Assessment- Rami Doukky 14. SPECT MPI for Risk Assessment in special groups (DM, Kidney transplant, Liver transplant, Asymptomatic, Obese)- Alberto Cuocolo 15. SPECT MPI for Risk Assessment before non-cardiac surgery- Lawrence Phillips 16. Evaluation of patients with Chest Pain in the Emergency Department- Jamieson Bourque 17. Role of PET (Perfusion and MBF) in Diagnosis and Risk Assessment - Rob Beanlands 18. Nuclear Imaging in women- Viviany Taqueti 19. Myocardial Viability Assessment by Nuclear Techniques- Vasken Dilsizian Section III. Role of Nuclear Imaging Beyond CAD 20. Imaging dyssynchrony- Alessia Gimelli 21. Imaging Myocardial Innervation by SPECT and PET- Mark Travin 22. Imaging sarcoid heart disease- Paco Bravo 23. Imaging Amyloid heart disease- Panithaya Chareonthaitawee 24. Imaging infections of valves and devices- Thomas Schindler 25. Imaging cardiac and vascular inflammation- Mehran Sadeghi and Sina Tavakoli 26. Imaging in Heart Failure including those with devices and post cardiac transplant- Prem Soman Section IV. Advances in Nuclear Cardiac Imaging 27. Evolving role of CT, cMR and echo in CAD- Jeroen BAx 28. Hybrid Imaging: SPECT/CTA, PET/MR and SPECT Calcium Score: when and why?- Philipp Kaufmann and Ronny Buechel 29. Artificial Intelligence and nuclear imaging- Piotr Slomka 30. Nuclear Imaging in patients with serious arrhythmias- Saurabh Malhotra 31. Nuclear Imaging in patients with HIV- Mouaz Al-Mallah 32. Nuclear Imaging in cardio-oncology- Raymond Russell and Matt Harinstein 33. Nuclear Imaging in patients with congenital heart diseases- Sharmila Dorbala and Sara Partington Section V. Challenges for Nuclear Cardiology 34. Physician Certification and Lab Accreditation- Robert Hendel 35. ACC/AHA/ESC Nuclear Guidelines and Appropriate Use Criteria- Timothy Christian 36. Nuclear Cardiology Report generation- Wael Aljaroudi 37. Radiation Considerations in imaging- Andrew J Einstein 38. Statistics in Nuclear imaging- Charity Morgan 39. Nuclear Imaging in Developing Countries- Amalia Peix and Diana Paez Section VI. Overview 40. Ask the Experts- Ami E. Iskandrian, Fadi G. Hage, Pradeep Bhambhvani, Ernest V. Garcia Atlas Chapter 40: Self-Assessment

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The book edition looks great, and it reflects a unique educational, clinical, and research asset! * Thomas H Schindler, M.D., PhD. Professor of Radiology and Medicine Washington University in St. Louis, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology- Division of Nuclear Medicine *

Author Information

Ami E. Iskandrian, MD, MACC, MASNC is Professor Emeritus, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Heersink School of Medicine, The University of Alabama at Birmingham. He is the Editor-in-Chief Emeritus, Journal of Nuclear Cardiology. Fadi G. Hage, MD, MASNC, FACC is Professor, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Heersink School of Medicine, The University of Alabama at Birmingham. He is the Chief of Cardiology at the Birmingham VA Medical Center and the Director of Nuclear Cardiology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

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