Impact of nuclear medicine on the diagnosis and management of cardiovascular disease

Journal Article · Tue Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1976 · IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1109/TNS.1976.4328445· OSTI ID:7346913

Botvinick, E H; Shames, D M

Recent advances in the methods of diagnostic cardiology have brought a change in emphasis toward noninvasive patient study. Nuclear Medicine techniques play an important part among noninvasive methods which enable diagnostic and therapeutic evaluation in the majority of patients with cardiac problems, without resorting to dangerous, painful and costly cardiac catheterization. Discussed are only a few of the myriad clinical applications which are rapidly making nuclear medicine techniques an integral part of the cardiologic diagnostic armamentarium.

• Research Organization: Univ. of California, San Francisco
• OSTI ID: 7346913
• Journal Information: IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci.; (United States), Journal Name: IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci.; (United States) Vol. NS-23:3; ISSN IETNA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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