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Stress Testing and Imaging Protocols for Myocardial Perfusion Studies  

Kim, Seong-Min (Department of Nuclear Medicine, College of Medicine, Chungnam National University)
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Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging / v.43, no.3, 2009 , pp. 179-195 More about this Journal
Abstract
Scince $^{201}$TI was introduced as a myocardial perfusion imaging agent in the early 1970s, scintigraphic evaluation of myocardial perfusion for the diagnosis of coronary artery disease is a valuable noninvasive diagnostic imaging modality. Stress radionuclide myocardial perfusion imaging is widely accepted to have high diagnostic and prognostic use in the assessment of patients with known or suspected coronary artery disease. With wise use of this nonivasive imaging technique, more patients are referred for stress perfusion imaging. Until now various protocols for stress testing and myocardial imaging were developed and used in worldwide. This article presented various protocols of stress testing and myocardial imaging for clinical use.
Keywords
Myocardial perfusion, stress testing; exercise; pharmacologic stress; myocardial perfusion scintigraphy; imaging protocol; thallium 201; Tc-99m tracers;
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