TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Current Concepts of Cardiovascular Pet Imaging: The New Paradigm: Introduction
A1  - Bateman, Timothy M.
A2  - Heller, Gary V.
A2  - Bateman, Timothy M.
A2  - Case, James A.
A2  - Arumugam, Parthiban
PY  - 2019
T2  - Cardiovascular PET: Current Concepts
AB  - An  important  evolutionary  advancement  in  the  field  of  nuclear  cardiology  has  been  the  introduction  of  cardiovascular  positron  emission  tomography  (PET)  into  mainstream  clinical  care.  An  extensive  peer-reviewed  literature  spanning  almost  30  years  virtually  shouts  out  a  role  for  cardiac  PET  in  a  substantial  proportion  of  patients  historically  assessed  with  single-photon  emission  computed  tomography  (SPECT)  or  not  previously  evaluable  by  nuclear  cardiology  techniques.  The  substantial  and  growing  evidence  base  has  led  to  several  pivotal  multisocietal  guidelines,1  position  statements,2  and  consensus  documents3,4  on  the  role  of  PET  imaging  in  cardiovascular  disorders.  The  theme  of  this  Introduction  is  that  a  contemporary  nuclear  cardiology  laboratory  will  not  be  SPECT-only  or  PET-only,  but  that  these  two  modalities  will  coexist,  at  least  for  the  foreseeable  future.5  The  published  data  and  clinical  need  together  are  moving  toward  a  concept  in  which  SPECT  or  PET  will  be  a  preferred  test  for  definable  presentations  and  clinical  descriptors.  
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PB  - McGraw-Hill Education
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/19
UR  - accesscardiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1159185426
ER  -