title: The current and future status of nuclear cardiology: a consensus report.
abstract: Cardiac imaging now provides a range of anatomical and functional information with some overlap in the ability of individual techniques to guide diagnosis and management. This report summarizes the conclusions of a panel of cardiac imagers who assembled to discuss the current state of the field. It focuses principally on options for nuclear cardiology, the choice between individual techniques, and areas where further advances would benefit patient management.
authors.affiliation: Imperial College London, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK srunderwood@imperial.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Stephen Richard
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Underwood
authors.affiliation: OLV Hospital, Aalst, Belgium.
authors.forename: Pieter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: de Bondt
authors.affiliation: Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: Albert
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Flotats
authors.affiliation: S. Maugeri Foundation, IRCCS, Scientific Institute of Veruno, Veruno, Italy.
authors.forename: Claudio
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Marcasa
authors.affiliation: University Hospital Santa Maria, Department of Cardiology, Lisbon Academic Medical Centre, CCUL, University of Lisbon, Portugal.
authors.forename: Fausto
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Pinto
authors.affiliation: Kliniken Maria Hilf, Mönchengladbach, Germany.
authors.forename: Wolfgang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Schaefer
authors.affiliation: University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Hein Jan
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Verberne
mesh_terms: D002309:Cardiology / Q000379:methods*; D005544:Forecasting; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D055414:Myocardial Perfusion Imaging / Q000639:trends*; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography / Q000639:trends; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D011835:Radiation Protection; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon / Q000639:trends
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals
keywords: Myocardial perfusion scintigraphy; Nuclear cardiology; PET; SPECT