Integrating Cardiology For Nuclear Medicine Physicians: A Guide To Nuclear Medicine Physicians

Assad Movahed, Gopinath Gnanasegaran, John R. Buscombe, Margaret Hall Integrating Cardiology for Nuclear Medicine Physicians Assad Movahed, Gopinath Gnanasegaran, John R. Buscombe, Margaret Hall Integrating Cardiology for Nuclear Medicine Physicians A Guide to Nuclear Medicine Physicians 123 Assad Movahed MD, FACP, FACC Section of Cardiology Department of Medicine The Brody School of Medicine East Carolina University 600 Moye Blvd. Greenville, NC 27858-4354 USA Gopinath Gnanasegaran, MBBS, MSc, MD Department of Nuclear Medicine Guy’s & St Thomas’ Hospital NHS Foundation Trust St. Thomas Street London, SE1 9RT UK John R. Buscombe, MBBS, MSc, MD, FRCP, FRCPEd, FEBNM Department of Nuclear Medicine Royal Free Hospital Pond Street London, NW3 2QG UK Margaret Hall, MB ChB, MSc, FRCP Department of Nuclear Medicine Royal Free Hospital Pond Street London, NW3 2QG UK ISBN 978-3-540-78673-3    e-ISBN 978-3-540-78674-0 DOI 10.1007/978-3-540-78674-0 Library of Congress Control Number: 2008940028 © 2009 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, wether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broad-casting, reproduction on microfilm or any other way, and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publi­ cation or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the German Copyright Law of September 9, 1965, in it current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Violations are liable to prosecution under the German Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registed names, trademarks etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. Product liability: the publishers cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information about dosage and application contained in this book. In every individual case the user must check such information by consulting the relevant literature. Cover design: Frido Steinen-Broo, eStudio Calamar, Spain Reproduction, typesetting and production: le-tex publishing services oHG, Leipzig, Germany Printed on acid-free paper 987654321 springer.com Preface Nuclear cardiology has become the mainstay of many departments of nuclear medicine, driving what was once an academic and sometimes eccentric specialty into what is today the centre of many patients’ lives. As nuclear cardiology has matured our concerns have shifted from how can we do this to how can we do this better. Many of the most recent publications in nuclear cardiology have focused upon how imaging and reporting quality can be improved, i.e. how to be more consistent in what we do and how to be more reliable with regard to our diagnoses. Coronary artery disease and Ischaemic heart dis