title: [Nuclear medical methods in cardiology].
abstract: 201-Thallium scintigraphy and radionuclide ventriculography with 99m-Technetium are the two most important nuclear imaging techniques in clinical cardiology. The sensitivity and specificity of tomographic Thallium scintigraphy for detection of coronary heart disease is about 90%. Radionuclide ventriculography may be used to describe systolic and diastolic function of the left and right ventricles with results comparable to those of angiographic studies. Both methods are non-invasive and feasible during exercise. These methods provide important information on myocardial ischaemia and cardiac function which may be difficult to obtain by other methods. In county hospitals with no equipment for invasive studies these methods provide important diagnostic and prognostic information. In the university hospitals, however, the techniques are of a more supportive nature and may help the clinician to select appropriate treatment.
authors.affiliation: Medisinsk avdeling Ski sykehus.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mangschau
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Rootwelt
mesh_terms: D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006321:Heart / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008722:Methods; D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013794:Thallium Radioisotopes
chemical_list: D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; D013794:Thallium Radioisotopes