BACKGROUND The quality of nuclear cardiology reports is essential for the effective communication of results of cardiac radionuclide imaging and has never been evaluated for compliance with the ICANL standards. This retrospective study was designed to evaluate required reporting elements and site characteristics to determine differences in the compliance of applicant nuclear cardiology laborato...

Olakunle O. Akinboboye, MB, BS, MPH, MBA Stephen L. Bacharach, PhD Timothy M. Bateman, MD Jeroen J. Bax, MD Robert Beanlands, MD Frank Bengel, MD Steven R. Bergmann, MD, PhD Daniel S. Berman, MD Jeffrey S. Borer, MD Salvador Borges-Neto, MD Elias H. Botvinick, MD Richard C. Brunken, MD James Case, PhD Manuel D. Cerqueira, MD Keith B. Churchwell, MD C. David Cooke, MSEE S. James Cullom, PhD Seth...

Fro Me Dia De Ge Ca D Ca Int Ma OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to investigate gender-based differences in nuclear cardiology practice globally, with a particular focus on laboratory volume, radiation dose, protocols, and best practices. BACKGROUND It is unclear whether gender-based differences exist in radiation exposure for nuclear cardiology procedures. METHODS In a large, multicenter, ...

Institute of Biostructures and Bioimaging, National Council of Research, Naples, Italy; Cardiac Imaging and Interventional Cardiology, University Heart Center, Zurich, Switzerland; Fondazione Toscana/CNR Gabriele Monasterio, Pisa, Italy; Department of Cardiology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Department of Translational Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, ...

The online version of the original article can be found under doi: 10.1007/s12350-011-9366-z. From the Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands. Reprint requests: Arthur J. H. A. Scholte, MD, PhD, Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Albinusdreef 2, PO Box 9600, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands; a.j.h.a.scholte@ lumc.nl. J Nucl Ca...

Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands; and the yDepartment of Cardiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands. Manuscript received May 17, 2013; accepted May 22, 2013. Journal of the American College of Cardiology Vol. 62, No. 18, 2013 2013 by the American College of Cardiology Foundation ISSN 0735-1097/$36.00 Publish...

This review focuses on the clinical potential of PET/CT for the characterization of coronary artery disease. We describe the technical challenges of combining instrumentation with very different imaging performances and speculate on future clinical applications in the field of cardiology.

Ischemic cardiomyopathy results from severe extensive coronary artery disease, which is associated with left ventricular dysfunction and also, in many cases, with significant left ventricular dilatation. Mortality is high, especially in patients who satisfy myocardial viability criteria but who have not undergone revascularization. Although age, exercise capacity and comorbidity influence survi...

The recent publication by Shaw, et al, (1) regarding the present status and future prospects for myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) fails to explore one of the most important facts essential to understanding this issue and this commentary fails to fully address the fundamental inadequacy of MPI as a first line diagnostic screening tool for CAD. Figure 2 of this article clearly presents the spec...