NUCLEAR CARDIOLOGY AND MULTIMODAL CARDIOVASCULAR IMAGING. A COMPANION TO BRAUNWALD.S HEART DISEASE (DIGITAL VERSION INCLUDED)

DESCRIPTION

Recent yearshave seen numerous advances incardiovascular nuclear medicine technology, leading to more precise diagnoses and treatmentand an expandedunderstanding of the molecular basis for cardiac disease. Nuclear Cardiology and MultimodalCardiovascular Imaging is a one-stop, comprehensive guide to thediagnostic and clinical implications of this complexand increasingly important technology. Part of theBraunwald family of renowned cardiologyreferences, it provides cutting-edge coverage ofmultimodal cardiac imaging along with case vignettes and integratedteaching contentideal for cardiologists, cardiology fellows, radiologists, and nuclearmedicine physicians. 

·       Features all the latestcardiovascular nuclear medicine studies with practical, evidence-based implications for personalized patient evaluation and treatment. 

·       Presents a consistent, patient-centered approach using integrated case vignettes correlated with specific nuclear medicine imaging findings. Discusses patient assessment criteria, risk factor criteria, pathology, evaluation criteria, outcomes, and other clinicalimplications. 

·       Covers a full rangeof imaging technologies, including SPECT/CT, PET/CT, and CT/MR hybrid radionuclidecardiovascular imaging studies. 

·       Addresses emerging clinical applications of nuclear imaging techniques for precision-basedmedicine, including targetedmolecular imaging and cell therapies. 

·       Includes sections on instrumentation/principles of imaging;protocols and interpretation; applications in coronary artery disease, special populations, and heart failure; artificial intelligence, and more. 

·       Contains guidelines and appropriate use documents to provide appropriatecontext for clinicians. 

·       Features hundreds of high-quality figures includingmultimodal cardiac imaging studies, anatomic illustrations, and graphs. 

·       Provides Key Point summaries, 50procedural videos, and 100multiple-choice questions and answers to reinforceunderstanding and facilitate review. 

·       Enhanced eBook version included with purchase, which allows youto access all of thetext, figures, and references from the book ona variety of devices 

Edited by Marcelo Fernando DiCarli, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Radiology, Harvard Medical School, Brigham & WomensHospital, Boston, Massachusetts

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1     Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT)
2      Positron Emission Tomography (PET)
3      Principles of myocardial blood flowquantification with SPECT and PET imaging
4      Radiopharmaceuticals for SPECT and PET andimaging protocols
5       Recognizing and preventing artifacts withSPECT and PET imaging
6       Approaches to minimize patient dose innuclear cardiology
7       Patient with new onset stable chest painsyndrome
8       Patient with known stable coronary arterydisease
9       Patient with prior revascularization
10     Pre-operative risk evaluation: when and how?
11     Imaging in Patients with Acute Chest Pain in theEmergency Department
12     Assessing the biology of high risk plaque featureswith molecular imaging
13     Patient with suspected coronary microvasculardysfunction
14     Patient with cardiometabolic disease (diabetesmellitus and obesity)
15     Patients with chronic kidney disease
16     Women with suspected ischemic heart disease
17     Risk stratification and cost-effectiveness ofnuclear scintigraphy in stable CAD
18     The patient with new onset heart failure
19     Metabolic remodeling in heart failure
20     Patient with ischemic cardiomyopathy (ischemia andviability)
21     Novel approaches for the evaluation of arrhythmicrisk
22     Screening for transplant vasculopathy
23     Patient with known or suspected myocardialinflammation (cardiac sarcoidosis)
24     Patient with known or suspected amyloidosis
25     Applications of nuclear imaging in cardio-oncology(cardiac function, myocarditis, radiation vasculopathy, etc)
26     Molecular imaging of myocardial infarction andremodeling
27     Patient with mechanical dyssynchrony
28     Aortic stenosis & Bioprosthetic ValveDegeneration
29     Infective endocarditis
30     Large vessel vasculitis
31     Peripheral arterial disease
32     Artificial Intelligence in Nuclear Cardiology