Nuclear Cardiology

Abstract

Over the past two decades there has been substantial growth in the applications of nuclear cardiology to both clinical practice and research. The use of nuclear imaging techniques in the noninvasive study of cardiovascular disease is well established. Advances have been made in both radiopharmaceutical agents and instrumentation. In addition, there has been an increasing understanding of the role of nuclear cardiology in the diagnosis and management of cardiac disease¹. At its inception, nuclear cardiology focused on issues of diagnostic accuracy and precision in identifying patients with coronary artery disease. In recent years, because of prompt and aggressive risk . . .