TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Radiation Exposure with Cardiovascular PET: New Data A1 - Case, James A. A2 - Heller, Gary V. A2 - Bateman, Timothy M. A2 - Case, James A. A2 - Arumugam, Parthiban PY - 2019 T2 - Cardiovascular PET: Current Concepts AB - The use of radionuclides for the assessment of cardiovascular disease is well-established as a very low-risk, high-sensitivity, and specificity technology for establishing the presence of coronary disease, hibernating myocardium, and other cardiac and cardiovascular syndromes.1,2 Recently societies and professional medical organizations have expressed concern for radiation exposure to patients undergoing nuclear cardiology procedures.3 It is important in addressing concerns of radiation exposure that the quality of nuclear cardiology procedures not be sacrificed for the purposes of reducing the patient's radiation dose alone. Nuclear cardiology procedures can confer life-saving benefits; however, the application of sensible radiation reduction techniques can maintain and even improve the diagnostic quality of nuclear cardiology images while reducing the patient dose.3–6 SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accesscardiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1159185072 ER -