Chapter 1. A Brief History of Nuclear Cardiology -- Chapter 2. Principles of Nuclear Cardiology Imaging -- Chapter 3. Radionuclide Handling Techniques and Radiation Safety -- Chapter 4. SPECT and PET Myocardial Perfusion Imaging: Tracers and Techniques -- Chapter 5. Physiologic and Pharmacologic Stressors -- Chapter 6. Clinical Coronary Physiology and Quantitative Myocardial Perfusion -- Chapter 7. Assessment of Cardiac Function: First-Pass, Equilibrium Blood Pool, and Gated Myocardial SPECT -- Chapter 8. Risk Stratification and Patient Management -- Chapter 9. Imaging Cardiac Metabolism -- Chapter 10. Myocardial Viability -- Chapter 11. Myocardial Innervation -- Chapter 12. Diagnosis and Risk Stratification in Acute Coronary Syndromes -- Chapter 13. Imaging Cardiac Sarcoidosis, Amyloidosis, and Cardiovascular Prosthetic Infections -- Chapter 14. Molecular Imaging of Inflammation and Calcification in Atherosclerosis: Clinical Relevance and Evolving Applicationsa.

The fifth edition of this book presents clinical data, image acquisition, and interpretation of nuclear cardiology procedures through high quality illustrative image examples. It includes up-to-date and comprehensive coverage of advances in instrumentation, radiotracers, protocols, and clinical studies. New content includes indications in imaging cardiac sarcoidosis, amyloidosis, and device infections as well as recent advances in instrumentation (Hybrid PET/MR). It also provides fresh chapters on the history of nuclear cardiology imaging, radionuclide handling techniques and radiation safety, PET-based myocardial perfusion imaging, and vascular imaging. The entire field is presented in pictographic form that is visually pleasing and conforming to current trends of medical education. The fifth edition of the Atlas of Nuclear Cardiology is an essential reference for cardiologists, radiologists, and nuclear medicine physicians interested in the latest approaches to noninvasive diagnostic cardiovascular nuclear imaging techniques. It also serves as a ready reference textbook for medical students and residents as well as nuclear physicists, nuclear medicine technologists, and radiopharmacists.