title: Nuclear cardiology in clinical practice.
abstract: This article is an overview of nuclear cardiology for the busy clinician. We discuss the use of myocardial perfusion scans, radionuclide ventriculography, positron emission tomography scans and the interpretation of nuclear scan reports.
authors.affiliation: Yorkshire Heart Centre, Leeds.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Appleby
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Pennell
mesh_terms: D002316:Cardiotonic Agents; D006801:Humans; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011875:Radionuclide Angiography; D015635:Radionuclide Ventriculography; D013667:Technetium; D013794:Thallium Radioisotopes; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed / Q000295:instrumentation
chemical_list: D002316:Cardiotonic Agents; D013794:Thallium Radioisotopes; D013667:Technetium