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Specialists in cardiac imaging offer their extensive experience of performing and interpreting myocardial perfusion studies with thallium 201 and single photon emission tomography in this unique teaching atlas which contains over 1500 colour illustrations.

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Author:   Dudley J. Pennell ,  S.Richard Underwood ,  Durval C. Costa ,  Peter J. Ell
Publisher:   Springer London Ltd
Imprint:   Springer London Ltd
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1992
Dimensions:   Width: 17.00cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 24.20cm
Weight:   0.421kg
ISBN:  

9781447118596

ISBN 10:   1447118596
Pages:   230
Publication Date:   12 December 2012
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

1 Introduction.- 2 Radiopharmaceuticals.- Myocardial Perfusion Tracers.- Thallium-201.- Technetium-99m 2-Methoxy-isobutyl-isonitrile.- Technetium-99m Teboroxime.- 3 Stress Techniques.- Drug Treatment.- Dynamic Exercise.- Pharmacological Stress.- Choice of Stress Technique.- 4 Imaging Techniques.- The Gamma Camera.- Emission Tomography.- Patient Preparation.- Data Acquisition.- Data Processing.- 5 Image Interpretation.- Quality Control.- Normal Appearances.- Abnormal Appearances.- Coronary Anatomy.- Quantification.- 6 Clinical Case Material.- The Normal Heart.- Normal Variants.- Single Vessel Reversible Ischaemia.- Single Vessel Myocardial Infarction.- Two Vessel Reversible Ischaemia.- Two Vessel Myocardial Infarction.- Three Vessel Reversible Ischaemia.- Three Vessel Myocardial Infarction.- Mixed Reversible Ischaemia and Infarction.- Prognosis Before Angiography.- Prognosis After Angiography.- Adverse Prognostic Signs.- Coronary Angioplasty.- Coronary Bypass Grafting.- ECG Correlations.- Coronary Angiogram Correlations.- Other Cardiology.- Quantification.- Pharmacological Stress.- Chest Pain and Ischaemia.- Artefacts.- Reperfusion.- 7 Clinical Applications.- Detection of Coronary Artery Disease.- Management of Established Coronary Artery Disease.- Prognosis in Coronary Artery Disease.- 8 The Future.- Instrumentation.- Radiopharmaceuticals.- Alternative Imaging Techniques.

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