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In recent years the use of radioactive tracers in clinical cardiology has become a routine procedure in the diagnosis and management of patients of cardiac disease. Radionuclide techniques have achieved a role equal in importance to electrocardiography, echocardiography, and cardiac catheterization. Broadly speaking, radionuclide techniques fall into two major categories: those concerned with the heart as a muscle and those concerned with the heart as a pump. Since this review regards the scintigraphic aspects of coronary artery perfusion, attention will mainly be focused on the techniques that deal with the heart as a muscle. Before entering these issues, some necessary technical information will be provided.
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van der Wall, E.E., Pauwels, E.K.J., Bruschke, A.V.G. (1987). Evaluation of Myocardial Blood Flow With Radionuclide Techniques. In: Spaan, J.A.E., Bruschke, A.V.G., Gittenberger-De Groot, A.C. (eds) Coronary Circulation. Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine, vol 79. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3369-9_13
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