Erschienen in:
01.12.2012 | Editorial
Stress first myocardial perfusion imaging: Is it time to put to rest the “Rest First” strategy for most patients?
verfasst von:
Karthik Ananthasubramaniam, MD, FACC, FASE, FASNC, FRCP(Glas), Sabha Bhatti, MD, FACC
Erschienen in:
Journal of Nuclear Cardiology
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Ausgabe 6/2012
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Excerpt
While myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) remains the most validated and extensively utilized modality in the evaluation and prognostication of coronary artery disease (CAD), it has come under unprecedented scrutiny in the past few years both due to the expansive growth of cardiac imaging
1 and increasing concerns of patient radiation exposure over their lifetime. In one study, nuclear cardiac imaging was reported to be contributing up to 22% of radiation exposure amongst all imaging.
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