The evolution of nuclear cardiology takes us back to the beginning to develop today's "new standard of care" for cardiac imaging: how quantifying regional radioactive counts at five and 60 minutes post-stress unmasks hidden ischemia

Methodist Debakey Cardiovasc J. 2009;5(3):42-8. doi: 10.14797/mdcj-5-3-42.
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Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Historical Article
  • Portrait

MeSH terms

  • Coronary Angiography
  • Coronary Circulation
  • Exercise Test* / history
  • History, 20th Century
  • History, 21st Century
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Myocardial Ischemia / diagnosis*
  • Myocardial Ischemia / diagnostic imaging
  • Myocardial Ischemia / history
  • Myocardial Ischemia / physiopathology
  • Myocardial Perfusion Imaging / history
  • Myocardial Perfusion Imaging / methods*
  • Predictive Value of Tests
  • Radiopharmaceuticals* / history
  • Time Factors
  • Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon* / history

Substances

  • Radiopharmaceuticals