Nuclear cardiology is no longer a medical discipline residing solely in nuclear medicine. This is the first book to recognize this fact by integrating in-depth information from both the clinical cardiology and nuclear cardiology literature, and acknowledging cardiovascular medicine as the fundamental knowledge base needed for the practice of nuclear cardiology. The book is designed to increase the practitioner's knowledge of cardiovascular medicine, thereby enhancing the quality of interpretations through improved accuracy and clinical relevance.The text is divided into four sections covering all major topics in cardiology and nuclear cardiology:

• Basic Sciences and Cardiovascular Diseases

• Conventional Diagnostic Modalities
• Nuclear Cardiology
• Management of Cardiovascular Diseases

Basic Sciences

The Heart: Anatomy, Physiology and Exercise Physiology
Pathophysiology of Coronary Artery Disease
Pathology of Coronary Artery Disease and Ischemic Heart Disease
Pathophysiology of Diabetic Vascular Complications
Conventional Investigation of Coronary Artery Disease and Ischaemic Heart Disease
Clinical Assessment and Evaluation of the Cardiovascular System
The Plain Chest Radiograph in the Assessment of Cardiac Disease
Ischaemic and Inflammatory Biomarkers in Cardiovascular Disease
Electrocardiography and Exercise Stress Test
Ambulatory Electrocardiography, Transient Event Monitors, and Continuous Loop Recorders
Echocardiography and Contrast Echocardiography
Dobutamine Stress Echocardiography
Transesophageal echocardiography
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology - An Overview
Cardiac Catheterization and Selective Coronary Angiography: Current Status and Limitations
Emerging Role of Multi-detector CT Imaging
Current Status of Cardiovascular MR Imaging
Nuclear Cardiology
Principles of Myocardial SPECT Imaging
Radionuclides in Nuclear Cardiology: Current Status and Limitations
Planar and SPECT Radiopharmaceuticals in Nuclear Cardiology: Current Status and Limitations
Myocardial Perfusion Imaging for Risk Stratification in Suspected or Known Coronary Artery Disease: Current Status and Limitations
Imaging Protocols in Myocardial Perfusion Scintigraphy
Pharmacological Stress Myocardial Perfusion Imaging: Current Status and Limitations
Gated Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT) Imaging: Current Status and Limitations
Myocardial Perfusion Scintigraphy in the Assessment of Post-Revascularization - Current Status and Limitations
Nuclear Cardiology in Women
Myocardial Perfusion Scintigraphy inAcute Chest Pain: Current Status and Limitations
Myocardial Perfusion Scintigraphy in Diabetes: Current Status and Limitations
Artefacts and Pitfalls in Myocardial Perfusion Imaging
Multiple Gated Equilibrium Blood Pool Imaging (MUGA)
First Pass Studies - Current Status and Limitations
Cardiac PET: Physics and Methodology
PET Radiopharmaceuticals in Nuclear Cardiology: Current Status and Limitations
Cardiac PET Imaging: Current Status and Limitations
Paediatric Nuclear Cardiology
Cardiac Adrenergic Imaging
Management of Coronary Artery Disease and Ischaemic Heart Disease
Prevention of Coronary Heart Disease
Cardiovascular Medications: Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics
Anti-Arrhythmic Drugs: Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics
Coronary Angioplasty and Newer Interventional Strategies
Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery: Science and Practice
Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery
Transmyocardial Revascularization
Prevention of Re-Stenosis of Coronary Arteries by Radionuclides
Cardiac Transplantation: Current Status and Limitations.