M. Nijhoff ; Hingham, MA : [Distributed by] Kluwer Boston
1980
xii, 255 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Developments in cardiovascular medicine, 9.
1. Instrumentation for radionuclide cardiology.- Accumulation of Radiopharmaceuticals.- 2. Mechanisms of thallium-201 myocardial accumulation.- 3. Mechanisms of technetium-99m-pyrophosphate accumulation in damaged myocardium.- Normal Scintigraphic Images.- 4. Thallium-201 myocardial imaging.- 5. Technetium-99m-pyrophosphate myocardial imaging.- Acute Myocardial Infarction.- 6. Thallium-201 myocardial imaging in acute myocardial infarction.- 7. Technetium-99m-pyrophosphate myocardial imaging in acute myocardial infarction.- 8. Comparative value and limitations of thallium-201 and technetium-99m-pyrophosphate myocardial imaging in acute myocardial infarction.- 9. Dual imaging in acute myocardial infarction.- Unstable Angina Pectoris.- 10. Thallium-201 myocardial imaging in unstable angina and variant angina.- 11. Technetium-99m-pyrophosphate myocardial imaging in unstable angina.- Myocardial Imaging in Patients with Atypical Chest Pain.- 12. Thallium-201 myocardial imaging as a selection method for the coronary care unit.- 13. Technetium-99m-pyrophosphate myocardial imaging in patients with atypical chest pain.- Concluding Remarks.- 14. Myocardial imaging with thallium-201 and technetium-99m-pyro-phosphate in the coronary care unit: conclusion.- 15. Self-assessment questions.