SAN FRANCISCO, CA — A new study provides a glimpse of the shift over the past decade in the number of requests for nuclear myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) tests to determine areas of the heart with ...

There's a new resource available for those seeking information regarding an increasingly important specialization in cardiac care. Nuclear Cardiac Imaging: Terminology and Technical Aspects, by Elpida ...

This screening test measures how well blood flows through your heart. It may be used to diagnose coronary artery disease or to assess damage caused by a heart attack. Share on Pinterest JazzIRT/Getty ...

TORONTO—Millions of heart attack patients and other potential sufferers who have undergone a noninvasive nuclear imaging test with the isotope technetium-99 can thank three innovators—Alan Davison, Ph ...

2025 SEP 23 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News-- A new study on Managed Care is now available. According to news reporting out of Houston, Texas, by NewsRx ...

DECATUR — Decatur Memorial Hospital has acquired an advanced nuclear cardiology imaging system that provides highly detailed pictures of the heart that enable doctors to assess the location, extent ...

Instead of a heart biopsy, a nuclear imaging test called a technetium Tc 99m pyrophosphate scan can now detect cardiac ATTR ...

An experimental technique that started life in nuclear and particle physics is now being used to measure chemical reactions inside the human body and to help diagnose cancer and heart disease in ...

A nuclear stress test helps to assess your risk of a severe cardiac event. Depending on your health, a doctor may ask you to take a treadmill test or a chemical test, which uses medications to ...

Low-dose stress 99m technetium tetrofosmin CZT imaging 4.2 Rubidium stress/rest PET 2.3 CT: Computed tomography; CZT: Cadmium zinc telluride; PA: Posteroanterior; SPECT: Single-photon emission ...