Cardiac Nuclear Medicine: Techniques, Applications, and Imaging Findings

HomeRadioGraphicsVol. 43, No. 1 PreviousNext Cardiac ImagingRadiographics FundamentalsCardiac Nuclear Medicine: Techniques, Applications, and Imaging FindingsAnanya Panda, Andrew C. Homb, Patrick Krumm, Konstantin Nikolaou, Steve S. Huang, Wael Jaber, Michael A. Bolen, Prabhakar Shantha Rajiah Ananya Panda, Andrew C. Homb, Patrick Krumm, Konstantin Nikolaou, Steve S. Huang, Wael Jaber, Michael A. Bolen, Prabhakar Shantha Rajiah Author AffiliationsFrom the Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, 200 1st St SW, Rochester, MN 559905 (A.P., A.C.H., P.S.R.); Department of Radiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, India (A.P); Department of Radiology, University of Tubingen, Tubingen, Germany (P.K., K.N.); and Department of Radiology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio (S.S.H., W.J., M.A.B.).Address correspondence to P.S.R. (email: [email protected]).Ananya PandaAndrew C. HombPatrick KrummKonstantin NikolaouSteve S. HuangWael JaberMichael A. BolenPrabhakar Shantha Rajiah Published Online:Dec 9 2022https://doi.org/10.1148/rg.220027MoreSectionsFull textPDF ToolsImage ViewerAdd to favoritesCiteTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked In AbstractNuclear medicine plays a valuable role in the evaluation of cardiovascular diseases, allowing noninvasive evaluation of cardiac physiology and function that provides complementary information to anatomic techniques.Suggested ReadingsAlmeida AG, Carpenter JP, Cameli M, et al. Multimodality imaging of myocardial viability: an expert consensus document from the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging (EACVI). Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging 2021;22(8):e97–e125. Crossref, Medline, Google ScholarBlankstein R, Osborne M, Naya M, et al. Cardiac positron emission tomography enhances prognostic assessments of patients with suspected cardiac sarcoidosis. J Am Coll Cardiol 2014;63(4):329–336. 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