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Nuclear Cardiology: The Basics

How to Set Up and Maintain a Laboratory

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Authors:
  1. Frans J. Th. Wackers

    1. Cardiovascular Nuclear Imaging and Exercise Laboratories; Department of Diagnostic Imaging (Nuclear Cardiology); and Department of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine), Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, USA

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  2. Wendy Bruni

    1. Cardiovascular Nuclear Imaging and Exercise Laboratories, Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, USA

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  3. Barry L. Zaret

    1. Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, USA

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Part of the book series: Contemporary Cardiology (CONCARD)

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Table of contents (21 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Getting Started

    • Frans J. Th. Wackers, Wendy Bruni, Barry L. Zaret
    Pages 1-19

  3. Laboratory Logistics

    • Frans J. Th. Wackers, Wendy Bruni, Barry L. Zaret
    Pages 21-29

  4. Radiation Safety

    • Frans J. Th. Wackers, Wendy Bruni, Barry L. Zaret
    Pages 31-34

  5. Patient Preparation

    • Frans J. Th. Wackers, Wendy Bruni, Barry L. Zaret
    Pages 35-41

  6. Stress Procedures

    • Frans J. Th. Wackers, Wendy Bruni, Barry L. Zaret
    Pages 43-59

  7. SPECT Myocardial Perfusion Imaging Acquisition and Processing Protocols

    • Frans J. Th. Wackers, Wendy Bruni, Barry L. Zaret
    Pages 61-72

  8. Planar Myocardial Perfusion Imaging Acquisition and Processing Protocols

    • Frans J. Th. Wackers, Wendy Bruni, Barry L. Zaret
    Pages 73-80

  9. Planar Equilibrium Radionuclide Angiocardiography Acquisition and Processing Protocols

    • Frans J. Th. Wackers, Wendy Bruni, Barry L. Zaret
    Pages 81-90

  10. SPECT Equilibrium Radionuclide Angiocardiography Acquisition and Processing Protocols

    • Frans J. Th. Wackers, Wendy Bruni, Barry L. Zaret
    Pages 91-95

  11. Display and Analysis of SPECT Myocardial Perfusion Images

    • Frans J. Th. Wackers, Wendy Bruni, Barry L. Zaret
    Pages 97-125

  12. Display and Analysis of Planar Myocardial Perfusion Images

    • Frans J. Th. Wackers, Wendy Bruni, Barry L. Zaret
    Pages 127-134

  13. Display and Analysis of Planar Equilibrium Angiocardiography

    • Frans J. Th. Wackers, Wendy Bruni, Barry L. Zaret
    Pages 135-138

  14. Display and Analysis of SPECT Equilibrium Radionuclide Angiocardiography

    • Frans J. Th. Wackers, Wendy Bruni, Barry L. Zaret
    Pages 139-141

  15. Artifacts and Technical Problems in Cardiac Imaging

    • Frans J. Th. Wackers, Wendy Bruni, Barry L. Zaret
    Pages 143-238

  16. Nuclear Cardiology Reports

    • Frans J. Th. Wackers, Wendy Bruni, Barry L. Zaret
    Pages 239-248

  17. Remote Reading and Networking

    • Tele-Nuclear Cardiology
    Pages 249-253

  18. Quality Assurance

    • Frans J. Th. Wackers, Wendy Bruni, Barry L. Zaret
    Pages 255-265

  19. Miscellaneous Additional Laboratory Protocols and Policies

    • Frans J. Th. Wackers, Wendy Bruni, Barry L. Zaret
    Pages 267-274

  20. Emergency Department Chest-Pain Center Imaging

    • Frans J. Th. Wackers, Wendy Bruni, Barry L. Zaret
    Pages 275-280
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About this book

In the United States the performance of nuclear cardiology studies continues to increase. As an example, in 1998, 4,160,739 myocardial perfusion imaging st- ies were done. In 2001 this number increased to 5,679,258. The nonhospital performance of perfusion imaging increased over the same time period from 1,188,731 to 1,789,207 studies (Arlington Medical Resources data). In 1999, there were approximately 1300 nonhospital sites with nuclear imaging capabi- ties, of which 600 were in physician’s offices. By 2001, there were approximately 1700 nonhospital sites, of which 780 were in physician’s offices (from IMV, LTD: http://www.imvlimited.com/mid/). The growth of nuclear cardiology as an expanded outpatient laboratory ent- prise is readily apparent. In the United States, as well as in other parts of the world, this growth has been linked to the recognition of the ability of cardiologists to perform these studies. The certification examination in nuclear cardiology is now well established in the United States. Accreditation of laboratories is also well established. Over the years, some of the most frequent questions asked by our former trainees relate to practical issues involved in the establishment of a nuclear cardiology laboratory. In view of the growth of the field, this is certainly not surprising.

Reviews

"this book delivers a concise, well organized collection of information which is necessary to start a nuclear cardiology laboratory. Anyone interested in starting a laboratory would have difficulty finding a more encompassing source of information than this book."-Doody's Health Sciences Book Review Journal

"...unique in its focus on establishing and running a well-organized, state-of-the-art nuclear cardiology laboratory." - E-Streams

Authors and Affiliations

  • Cardiovascular Nuclear Imaging and Exercise Laboratories; Department of Diagnostic Imaging (Nuclear Cardiology); and Department of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine), Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, USA

    Frans J. Th. Wackers

  • Cardiovascular Nuclear Imaging and Exercise Laboratories, Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, USA

    Wendy Bruni

  • Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, USA

    Barry L. Zaret

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Nuclear Cardiology: The Basics

  • Book Subtitle: How to Set Up and Maintain a Laboratory

  • Authors: Frans J. Th. Wackers, Wendy Bruni, Barry L. Zaret

  • Series Title: Contemporary Cardiology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-426-9

  • Publisher: Humana Totowa, NJ

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2004

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-59259-426-9Published: 11 September 2003

  • Series ISSN: 2196-8969

  • Series E-ISSN: 2196-8977

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 298

  • Number of Illustrations: 196 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Cardiology, Imaging / Radiology

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