This paper provides the current state of nuclear cardiology in China and contrasts it with the state of nuclear cardiology in the United States (US). The West China Hospital and New York-Presbyterian Hospital (NYPH) were used as representative hospitals to contrast nuclear cardiology in China and the US, respectively. In 2015, there were 101 medical cyclotrons, 774 SPECT or SPECT/CT, 240 PET/CT...

The previous year, 2020, was one challenging year for everyone, most especially to the healthcare workers. We experienced a pandemic no ever imagined that would happen in our lifetime. Medical frontliners, People Giving Hope, were called and given responsibility of taking care defending patients from unfamiliar enemy, COVID 19 virus. With changes brought about pandemic, transformation cardiolog...

Cardiovascular diseases are common in cats. 3 Myocardial disorders are the major cause of heart failure and thromboembolism, with idiopathic hypertrophic cardiomyopathy the most important of the primary myocardial diseases. Extensive myocardial fibrosis leading to a restrictive cardiomyopathy or right ventricular cardiomyopathy is now recognized on a regular basis in mature cats. Conversely, di...

Advancing age affects vascular structure and function. However, since the aging process varies between men and women, there must be other factors that influence aging. Extensive medical literature describes how vascular function differs in older and younger individuals. Certainly genetics have a major and defining influence on longevity. The question that begs an answer is, do environmental fac...

Ma Growing epidemiological evidence identifies key domains relevant to behavioral cardiology, including health behaviors, emotions, mental mindsets, stress management, social connectedness, and a sense of purpose. Each of these domains exists along a continuum, ranging from positive factors that promote health, to negative factors, which are pathophysiological. To date, there has been relativel...

Minimally invasive, catheter-based procedures have revolutionized the treatment of cardiovascular disease, and transcatheter interventions are becoming more commonplace in veterinary medicine. Transcatheter procedures allow for treatment of several cardiac defects without the attendant morbidity and mortality associated with thoracic surgery. Interventional procedures are available for treatmen...

Department of Internal Medicine/Cardiology, Charité, Campus Virchow Clinicum, Humboldt University and German Heart Institute, Berlin, Germany 2 Center for Cardiovascular MR, Cardiovascular Division, BarnesJewish Hospital at Washington University Medical Center, St. Louis, Missouri Internal Medicine III, Cardiology, University Hospital, Cologne, Germany Cardiology Section, The Wake Forrest Unive...

Turku PET Centre, University of Turku and Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland; Klinik für Nuklearmedizin, Medizinische Hochschule, Hannover, Germany; Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands; Cardiac Imaging, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; Department of Nuclear Medicine, Bichat-Claude Bernard Hospital, AP-HP, Inserm U698; and Pa...

School of Medicine, Belgrade University,Cardiology Clinic, Clinical Centre of Serbia, Visegradska 26, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia; Aalborg Thrombosis ResearchUnit, Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health, Aalborg University, DK-9100 Aalborg, Denmark; Service De Cardiologie, Hopital Timone Adultes 264, Rue Saint Pierre, 13385 Marseille Cedex 05, France; Cardiology Department, St Olavs Hosp...

CIRCULATIONAHA/2008/824888 MANUSCRIPT ID: CIRCULATIONAHA/2008/824888 Title: Lack Of Diastolic Reserve In Patients With Heart Failure And Normal Ejection Fraction. Running Title: Diastolic Reserve In HFNEF Authors: Dr. Sudipta Chattopadhyay, MD, MRCP, Department of Cardiology, University of Hull, Kingston-upon-Hull, UK. Dr. Mohammed F Alamgir MRCP. Department of Cardiology, University of Hull, K...