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Atlas of Nuclear Cardiology

  • Builds upon the success of previous editions, all three of which have been on the recommended reading list of the Certification Board of Nuclear Cardiology

  • Gives comprehensive coverage of advances in instrumentation, radiotracers, protocols, and clinical studies

  • Provides high-yield diagnostic algorithms and schematic diagrams generously interspersed with color illustrations to emphasize key concepts

  • Provides the most up-to-date information in an easily digestible visual context

  • Suitable as a reference source for those certifying or re-certifying in cardiology, nuclear cardiology, nuclear medicine, or radiology

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
  2. Principles of Nuclear Cardiology Imaging

    • Ernest V. Garcia, James R. Galt, Tracy L. Faber, Ji Chen
    Pages 1-53
  3. SPECT and PET Myocardial Perfusion Imaging: Tracers and Techniques

    • Vasken Dilsizian, Vasken Dilsizian
    Pages 55-93
  4. Hybrid SPECT/CT and PET/CT Imaging

    • Juhani Knuuti
    Pages 95-109
  5. Physiologic and Pharmacologic Stressors

    • D. Douglas Miller
    Pages 111-143
  6. Quantitation of Myocardial Perfusion: Absolute Blood Flow Versus Relative Uptake

    • Thomas H. Schindler, Heinrich R. Schelbert
    Pages 145-194
  7. Assessment of Cardiac Function: First-Pass, Equilibrium Blood Pool, and Gated Myocardial SPECT

    • Elias H. Botvinick, Nick G. Costouros, Stephen L. Bacharach, J. William O’Connell
    Pages 195-245
  8. Risk Stratification and Patient Management

    • Rory Hachamovitch, Daniel Berman, Leslee J. Shaw, Guido Germano, Jennifer H. Mieres
    Pages 247-288
  9. Imaging Cardiac Metabolism

    • Heinrich Taegtmeyer, Vasken Dilsizian, Vasken Dilsizian
    Pages 289-321
  10. Nuclear Investigation in Heart Failure and Myocardial Viability

    • Vasken Dilsizian, Vasken Dilsizian, Jagat Narula, Jagat Narula, Jagat Narula, Jagat Narula
    Pages 323-359
  11. Diagnosis and Risk Stratification in Acute Coronary Syndromes

    • James E. Udelson, Chetan Shenoy
    Pages 361-400
  12. Myocardial Innervation

    • Markus Schwaiger, Antti Saraste, Frank M. Bengel
    Pages 401-424
  13. Molecular Imaging of Atherosclerosis

    • Ahmed Tawakol, Jagat Narula, Jagat Narula, Jagat Narula, Jagat Narula, Farouc A. Jaffer
    Pages 425-447
  14. Back Matter

    Pages 449-457

About this book

The aim of the 4th edition of the Atlas of Nuclear Cardiology is to provide physicians and students in cardiology, radiology, and nuclear medicine who want the latest information in the field of cardiovascular nuclear medicine up-to-date and comprehensive information on advances in instrumentation, radiotracers, protocols, and clinical studies. Unlike other books that are narrow in their scope of either technology and technique or clinical studies, the 4th edition of the Atlas will present diagnostic algorithms and schematic diagrams integrated with nuclear cardiology procedures generously interspersed with color illustrations to emphasize key concepts in cardiovascular physiology, pathology, and metabolism relevant for the clinical practice of cardiology.  The atlas emphasizes today’s most current information, meeting the requirements for those who will be using the book as a reference source for certifying or re-certifying in cardiology, nuclear cardiology, nuclear medicine or radiology.

 

Hybrid PET/CT and SPECT/CT represent new technologies that were introduced recently in clinical medicine and are evolving rapidly with several improvements in instrumentation, imaging procedures as well as in clinical trials that support the expanded role of these technologies in clinical practice.  As such, an updated 4th edition of the Atlas is critical in order for the clinicians remain current with the imaging field and maintain their skills.  Imaging protocols with the

se technologies have to be updated and/or expanded in order to acquire high quality images at a reduced radiation burden to the patient while advancing the application of these techniques for more advanced disease detection.   Accordingly, beyond significantly updating the chapters from the 3rd edition, 2 new chapters will be introduced in the 4th edition, which reflects the expanded clinical applications of the technologies in the past 3 years.  The new chapters are as follows: "Hybrid SPECT/CT and PET/CT Imaging" and a dedicated chapter on "Radiation Safety and Exposure: Clinical Decision-Making and the Risk-Benefit Ratio".  Chapter 7 from the 3rd edition will be deleted.

 

The updated Atlas will serve as a reference source for all cardiologists, radiologists, and nuclear medicine physicians interested in the most up-to-date approaches to noninvasive diagnostic cardiovascular nuclear imaging techniques for the evaluation of patients with known or suspected coronary artery disease as well as non-coronary heart disease.  It will also serve as a ready reference textbook for medical students and residents interested in the practice of cardiovascular medicine.

Reviews

From the reviews of the fourth edition:

“The object of this fourth edition of the Atlas of Nuclear Cardiology is to elucidate the role of cardiovascular nuclear procedures in the clinical practice of cardiology. … this atlas will serve as a foundation for clinicians and a reference guide for scientists within and outside the field of nuclear cardiology. I highly recommend this book to trainees; to practitioners of nuclear medicine, diagnostic radiology, cardiology, and family medicine; and to those interested in imaging science.” (E. Edmund Kim, The Journal of Nuclear Medicine, Vol. 54 (11), November, 2013)

Editors and Affiliations

  • School of Medicine, Dept. Diagnostic Radiology, University Maryland, Baltimore, USA

    Vasken Dilsizian

  • , Department of Cardiology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine and Medic, New York, USA

    Jagat Narula

About the editors

Vasken Dilsizian, MD, FACC, FAHA
Professor of Medicine and Radiology
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Chief, Division of Nuclear Medicine
University of Maryland Medical Center
22 South Greene Street, Rm N2W78
Baltimore, MD 21201-1595, USA 


Jagat Narula, MD, PhD

Professor of Medicine
Associate Dean of Global Health
Director, Cardiovascular Imaging Program
Zena and Michael A

. Wiener Cardiovascular InstituteMount Sinai Medical Center
Division of Cardiology
One Gustave L. Levy Place
1190 Fifth Avenue
GP-1 West, Room N-125C
New York, NY 10029, USA


Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Atlas of Nuclear Cardiology

  • Editors: Vasken Dilsizian, Jagat Narula

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-5551-6

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2013

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4614-5549-3Published: 04 January 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4614-5551-6Published: 05 January 2013

  • Edition Number: 4

  • Number of Pages: X, 457

  • Number of Illustrations: 24 b/w illustrations, 415 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Nuclear Medicine, Cardiology, Imaging / Radiology

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eBook USD 219.00
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Hardcover Book USD 279.99
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