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Radionucleotide Cardiac Imaging

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Radionucleotide imaging is an important part of the diagnostic arsenal used in evaluation of the heart. This is because, in addition to displaying anatomic features, radionucleotide images are also a graphic representation of normal and abnormal myocardial physiology. In this unit, we will consider two important uses of radionucleotide imaging with regard to the heart.

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  1. Pennsylvania State College of Medicine, Penn State Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA, USA

    Harjit Singh MD, FSIR (Professor of Radiology, Surgery, and Medicine Director of Education, Penn State Heart and Vascular Institute Fellowship Director, Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology)

  2. Pennsylvania State College of Medicine, Penn State Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA, USA

    Janet A Neutze MD (Associate Professor of Radiology Associate Division Chief, Ultrasound Co-director, Radiology Medical Student Education Program)

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Correspondence to Harjit Singh MD, FSIR .

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  1. Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Cen, University Drive 500, Hershey, 17033, Pennsylvania, USA

    Harjit Singh

  2. Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Cen, University Drive 500, Hershey, 17033, Pennsylvania, USA

    Janet A. Neutze

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Singh, H., Neutze, J.A. (2012). Radionucleotide Cardiac Imaging. In: Singh, H., Neutze, J. (eds) Radiology Fundamentals. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-0944-1_39

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