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Myocardial Perfusion Imaging: The Role of SPECT, PET and CMR

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Current cardiology practice is hard to imagine without noninvasive cardiovascular imaging, as myocardial perfusion imaging is an important part of the diagnostic strategy in clinical guidelines. Single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT), cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) and positron emission tomography (PET) perfusion imaging are increasingly applied for the detection for the detection of ischemia. Early detection of ischemia is may contribute to lowering the morbidity and mortality in patients with ischemic heart disease. However, SPECT, PET and CMR each have their own merits and technical limitations. Yet, the achievements in the field of myocardial perfusion imaging are considerable and new technical developments are still ongoing.

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  1. Department of Cardiology, LUMC, Leiden, The Netherlands

    Caroline E. Veltman & Ernst E. van der Wall

  2. Department of Nuclear Medicine, National Cancer Institute, Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Berlinda J. de Wit-van der Veen

  3. Department of Radiology, LUMC, Leiden, The Netherlands

    Albert de Roos

  4. Toshiba Medical Systems Europe, Zoetermeer, The Netherlands

    Joanne D. Schuijf

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Veltman, C.E., de Wit-van der Veen, B.J., de Roos, A., Schuijf, J.D., van der Wall, E.E. (2013). Myocardial Perfusion Imaging: The Role of SPECT, PET and CMR. In: Marzullo, P., Mariani, G. (eds) From Basic Cardiac Imaging to Image Fusion. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-2760-2_3

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