State and Recent Progress of Nuclear Cardiology in China

• Published in: Current cardiovascular imaging reports Vol. 8; no. 5
• Main Authors: Zhang, Xiaoli, Yang, Yijian, Wei, Hongxing, Tian, Yueqin, Shi, Hongcheng, Wang, Yuetao, Li, Sijin, He, Zuo-xiang, Li, Yaming, Liu, Xiu-jie
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Boston Springer US 01.05.2015
• Subjects: Cardiology; Diagnostic Radiology; Imaging; Interventional Radiology; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Nuclear Medicine; Radiology; Section Editors; Specific Populations and Emerging Markets (V Dilsizian and T Schindler; Topical Collection on Specific Populations and Emerging Markets; Ultrasound; Myocardial infarction; Adenosine; Prognosis; Aneurysm; Myocardial ischemia; Myocardial viability; Ventricular function, left; Phase analysis; Remodeling; Coronary disease; Coronary angiography; Tomography, emission-computed; Sestamibi; Higenamine hydrochloride

In this review, we focus mainly on the clinical applications of myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) with single-photon emission CT (SPECT) and metabolic imaging in clinical practice. Important advances have been made in the clinical applications of MPI, including its role in stratifying risk and guid...