title: Advances in cardiac diagnosis: nuclear cardiology.
abstract: Nuclear cardiology offers an exciting array of techniques to visualize the structure and measure the function of the heart. These techniques include thallium perfusion scanning, isotope angiocardiography, and myocardial infarct scanning. Accurate and clinically relevant diagnostic information is provided by these methods.
mesh_terms: D000790:Angiocardiography / Q000379:methods; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011756:Diphosphates; D005080:Exercise Test; D006801:Humans; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010477:Perfusion; D011868:Radioisotopes; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013667:Technetium; D016698:Technetium Tc 99m Pyrophosphate; D013793:Thallium
chemical_list: D011756:Diphosphates; D011868:Radioisotopes; D016698:Technetium Tc 99m Pyrophosphate; D013667:Technetium; D013793:Thallium