Thallium Myocardial Perfusion Tomography in Clinical Cardiology [Paperback]

Specialists in cardiac imaging offer their extensive experience of performing and interpreting myocardial perfusion studies with thallium 201 and single photon emission tomography in this unique teaching atlas which contains over 1500 colour illustrations.Specialists in cardiac imaging offer their extensive experience of performing and interpreting myocardial perfusion studies with thallium 201 and single photon emission tomography in this unique teaching atlas which contains over 1500 colour illustrations.1 Introduction.- 2 Radiopharmaceuticals.- Myocardial Perfusion Tracers.- Thallium-201.- Technetium-99m 2-Methoxy-isobutyl-isonitrile.- Technetium-99m Teboroxime.- 3 Stress Techniques.- Drug Treatment.- Dynamic Exercise.- Pharmacological Stress.- Dipyridamole.- Adenosine.- Dobutamine.- Choice of Stress Technique.- 4 Imaging Techniques.- The Gamma Camera.- Emission Tomography.- Patient Preparation.- Data Acquisition.- Data Processing.- 5 Image Interpretation.- Quality Control.- Normal Appearances.- Abnormal Appearances.- Coronary Anatomy.- Quantification.- Lung Uptake of Thallium.- Myocardial Distribution of Thallium.- Washout Analysis.- 6 Clinical Case Material.- The Normal Heart.- Case 1 Normal Vertical Heart.- Case 2 Normal Horizontal Heart.- Normal Variants.- Case 3 Anterior Attenuation.- Case 4 Inferior Attenuation.- Case 5 Apical Attenuation.- Case 6 Papillary Muscle.- Single Vessel Reversible Ischaemia.- Case 7 RCA.- Case 8 LCx.- Case 9 PDA.- Case 10 Proximal LAD.- Case 11 Diagonal LAD.- Case 12 Distal LAD.- Single Vessel Myocardial Infarction.- Case 13 RCA.- Case 14 LCx.- Case 15 PDA.- Case 16 Proximal LAD.- Case 17 Diagonal LAD.- Case 18 Distal LAD.- Two Vessel Reversible Ischaemia.- Case 19 RCA/LCx.- Case 20 LAD/RCA.- Case 21 LAD/LCx.- Case 22 Left Main Coronary Artery.- Two Vessel Myocardial Infarction.- Case 23 RCA/LCx.- Case 24 LAD/RCA.- Case 25 LAD/LCx.- Three Vessel Reversible Ischaemia.- Case 26 LAD/LCx/RCA.- Three Vessel Myocardial Infarction.- Caseló~