title: Nuclear cardiology update.
abstract: This article focuses on the following areas of myocardial perfusion imaging: radiotracer and protocol options, pharmacologic stress agents, and protocols and functional assessment with ECG-gated single photon emission CT.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC 20007, USA. cerqm@concentric.net
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Cerqueira
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lawrence
mesh_terms: D002395:Catecholamines; D003326:Coronary Circulation; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005080:Exercise Test; D015637:Gated Blood-Pool Imaging; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D015635:Radionuclide Ventriculography; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon; D014665:Vasodilator Agents
chemical_list: D002395:Catecholamines; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D014665:Vasodilator Agents