The rising cost of health care in the United States: Is it making the United States globally noncompetitive? George A. Beller Editor’s Page Pages: 481 - 482
Intersecting techniques: The evaluation of left ventricular function with cardiac computed tomography and myocardial perfusion imaging Gregory S. Thomas Editorial Pages: 483 - 484
Detecting the impact of emerging cardiovascular risk factors: The role of positron emission tomography Danilo NegliaOberdan Parodi Editorial Pages: 485 - 490
Mental stress, a powerful provocateur of myocardial ischemia: Diagnostic, prognostic, and therapeutic implications Diwakar Jain Editorial Pages: 491 - 493
The revolution and evolution of appropriateness in cardiac imaging Robert C. Hendel Editorial Point Of View Pages: 494 - 496
Comparison of 64-slice cardiac computed tomography with myocardial perfusion scintigraphy for assessment of global and regional myocardial function and infarction in patients with low to intermediate likelihood of coronary artery disease Edward D. NicolJames StirrupS. Richard Underwood Original Articles Pages: 497 - 502
Different manifestations of coronary artery disease by stress SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging, coronary calcium scoring, and multislice CT coronary angiography in asymptomatic patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus Arthur J. H. A. ScholteJoanne D. SchuijfFrans J. T. Wackers Original Articles Pages: 503 - 509
Cardiovascular risk, obesity, and myocardial blood flow in postmenopausal women Apurva A. MotivalaPatricia A. RoseClaire S. Duvernoy Original Articles Pages: 510 - 517
Variability of myocardial ischemic responses to mental versus exercise or adenosine stress in patients with coronary artery disease Mustafa HassanKaki M. YorkDavid S. Sheps Original Articles Pages: 518 - 525
Dobutamine-induced chest pain does not predict ischemic findings on myocardial perfusion imaging John H. LeeMohammad AbuannadiJames H. O’Keefe Original Articles Pages: 526 - 529
Clinical evaluation of iterative reconstruction (ordered-subset expectation maximization) in dynamic positron emission tomography: Quantitative effects on kinetic modeling with N-13 ammonia in healthy subjects Jens D. HoveRune RasmussenKlaus E. Kofoed Original Articles Pages: 530 - 534
Tc-99m-N-MPO: Novel cationic Tc-99m radiotracer for myocardial perfusion imaging Young-Seung KimJianjun WangShuang Liu Original Articles Pages: 535 - 546
Ordered subset expectation maximization and wide beam reconstruction “half-time” gated myocardial perfusion SPECT functional imaging: A comparison to “full-time” filtered backprojection E. Gordon DePueyRamesh GadirajuShuli C. Shwartz Original Articles Pages: 547 - 563
Acute chest pain imaging in the emergency department with cardiac computed tomography angiography Ricardo C. CuryGudrun FeutchnerJack A. Ziffer Advances In Nonnuclear Imaging Technologies Pages: 564 - 575
Molecular imaging of cardiovascular disease using ultrasound Flordeliza S. Villanueva From Bench To Imaging Pages: 576 - 586
Basic science curriculums in nuclear cardiology and cardiovascular imaging: Evolving and emerging concepts William A. Van DeckerTheodore Villafana Review Article Pages: 587 - 594
Cardiac sarcoidosis: A challenge to measure disease activity Ruth G. M. KeijsersFred J. VerzijlbergenJan C. Grutters Nuclear Cardiology Bullet Pages: 595 - 598
Coronary artery vasospasm or true transient left ventricular apical ballooning? Differentiation by nuclear imaging Christof BurgdorfHendrik BonnemeierVolkhard Kurowski Nuclear Cardiology Bullet Pages: 599 - 603
President’s Message: Health Care Reform and the Search for Quality—Beauty or the Beast William A. Van Decker Journal Of Nuclear Cardiology ASNC Update Pages: 605 - 606
A statement on ethics from the HEART Group Journal Of Nuclear Cardiology ASNC Update Pages: 607 - 608
Clinical imaging for prevention: Directed strategies for improved detection of presymptomatic patients with undetected atherosclerosis Leslee J. ShawDaniel S. BermanWilliam Wijns Erratum Pages: 609 - 609
Abstracts Of Original Contributions ASNC2008, The Annual Scientific Session Of The American Society Of Nuclear Cardiology September 10–14, 2008 Abstract Pages: S1 - S42
Hepatic cysts detected on Tc-99m sestamibi gated cardiac SPECT images Rajesh VenkataramanJaekyeong HeoAmi E. Iskandrian Nuclear Cardiology Bullet Pages: e23 - e23
Sinus bradycardia during exercise: Unusual manifestation of ischemia in the territory of the left anterior descending artery Rajesh VenkataramanJaekyeong HeoAmi E. Iskandrian Nuclear Cardiology Bullet Pages: e24 - e25
Angioedema after injection of Tc-99m sestamibi tracer during adenosine nuclear stress testing John N. MakaryusAmgad N. MakaryusJoseph A. Diamond Nuclear Cardiology Bullet Pages: e26 - e27
