title: Advances in SPECT in evaluating coronary disease.
abstract: Myocardial perfusion scintigraphy is the longest established of the functional imaging investigations for patients with known or suspected coronary artery disease. This article describes recent technical and clinical advances that are ensuring that the technique remains relevant some 40 years after its first introduction.
authors.affiliation: Consultant Cardiologist in the Cardiology Department, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, Oxford OX3 9DU.
authors.forename: Andrew D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Kelion
mesh_terms: D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D004562:Electrocardiography; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D011379:Prognosis; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D012984:Software; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000639:trends*; D014665:Vasodilator Agents / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D014665:Vasodilator Agents