title: Recent advances in nuclear cardiology. 1. "Hot-spot" and "cold-spot" myocardial scintigraphy.
abstract: Nuclear cardiology is a comparatively new field of cardiovascular medicine in which technologic advances have provided relatively noninvasive means of evaluating cardiovascular abnormalities. The purpose of this two-part review is to emphasize some important recent advances and to place in perspective the advantages and disadvantages of those new techniques that are particularly useful clinically.
mesh_terms: D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011756:Diphosphates; D006321:Heart / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D009204:Myocardial Revascularization; D010477:Perfusion; D011197:Potassium Radioisotopes; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013667:Technetium; D016698:Technetium Tc 99m Pyrophosphate; D013793:Thallium
chemical_list: D011756:Diphosphates; D011197:Potassium Radioisotopes; C027549:thallium chloride; D016698:Technetium Tc 99m Pyrophosphate; D013667:Technetium; D013793:Thallium