Handbook of Nuclear Cardiology [electronic resource] : Cardiac SPECT and Cardiac PET / edited by Gary V. Heller, Robert C. Hendel.

SECTION I: Ordering the Test:  Nuclear Cardiology Procedures -- 1.SPECT – R. Hendel -- 2. PET  – J. Lundbye -- SECTION II.       Patient Selection, Which Patient? -- 3.Overview of guidelines and appropriate use of criteria - K. Nelson and R. Hendel -- 4. Suspected coronary artery disease:  symptomatic, asymptomatic, ED Imaging – R. Ruffin  and G. Heller -- 5.Patients with CAD:  Post MI, Post revascularization (CABG/PCI), stable CAD – D. Barmpouletos and G. Heller -- 6.Preoperative evaluation – Moreno and R. Hendel -- 7.Patients with heart failure  – S. Nair and G. Heller -- 8.Unique populations:  Diabetes, women, chronic renal failure, elderly - R. Pullatt and G. Heller -- SECTION III.      Test performance:  How to do it -- 9.Exercise stress testing – J. Dawson and R. Hendel -- 10.Pharmacologic Stress Testing – A. Badheka and R. Hendel -- 11.SPECT Radiopharmaceuticals - V. Tandon, N. Gauthier, C. Bensimon, T. Ruddy -- 12.SPECT Instrumentation - J. Strydhorst, R.A. Davies, Glenn Wells -- 13.PET Radiopharmaceuticals (A. C. Valadiva, T. Hadizad, J. DaSilva) -- 14.PET Instrumentation J. Renaud, R. Beanlands, RA deKemp -- 15.Radiation safety (dosimetry and impact of serial testing) - G. mall, B. Chow, R. Hessian -- SECTION IV.        Test results:  What do they mean? -- 16.Interpretation and Reporting of SPECT Myocardial Perfusion Imaging – R. Hendel -- 17.Risk stratification and management of Ischemic Heart Disease with Nuclear Cardiology – T. Tanawuttiwat and R. Hendel -- SECTION V.               Comparative effectiveness of Nuclear Cardiology -- 18.   Exercise tolerance testing – A. Malik and G. Heller -- 19.Echocardiography – M. Tracy and R. Hendel -- 20.Cardiac CT – T. Azemi and G. Heller, MD -- 21.Cardiac MRI – T. Azemi and G. Heller -- 22.Cardiac Catheterization – A. Malik and G. Heller.

Nuclear cardiology procedures have been a mainstay in non-invasive testing for the diagnosis and risk stratification of coronary artery disease for many years.  Although a mature field with a multitude of clinical applications, the advances in agents and imaging procedures have been remarkable and important to document.   Handbook of Nuclear Cardiology: Cardiac SPECT and Cardiac PET  reviews the important indications for nuclear cardiology procedures, and provides a description of the procedures themselves, including both SPECT and the newer PET imaging protocols as well as key references. The book emphasizes how noninvasive testing results can be used clinically and the appropriateness of such techniques.   The editors and their contributors present critical clinical information on cardiac SPECT and PET within a concise and logical structure, which will be vital for trainees, practicing physicians, nurses and technologists looking for a brief, up-to-date overview and reference volume for nuclear cardiology.