title: Radioactive Decay: Challenges and Solutions to Looming Radioisotope Shortages for Nuclear Cardiology.
authors.affiliation: From Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (V.L.M., B.K.N.); Division of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Department of Radiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (V.L.M.); Emory Clinical Cardiovascular Research Institute, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA (L.J.S.); Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (B.K.N.); and Center for Clinical Management Research, Ann Arbor VA Medical Center, MI (B.K.N.). vlmurthy@med.umich.edu.
authors.forename: Venkatesh L
authors.initials: VL
authors.lastname: Murthy
authors.affiliation: From Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (V.L.M., B.K.N.); Division of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Department of Radiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (V.L.M.); Emory Clinical Cardiovascular Research Institute, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA (L.J.S.); Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (B.K.N.); and Center for Clinical Management Research, Ann Arbor VA Medical Center, MI (B.K.N.).
authors.forename: Leslee J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Shaw
authors.affiliation: From Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (V.L.M., B.K.N.); Division of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Department of Radiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (V.L.M.); Emory Clinical Cardiovascular Research Institute, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA (L.J.S.); Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (B.K.N.); and Center for Clinical Management Research, Ann Arbor VA Medical Center, MI (B.K.N.).
authors.forename: Brahmajee K
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Nallamothu
mesh_terms: D002309:Cardiology / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008982:Molybdenum; D055414:Myocardial Perfusion Imaging / Q000379:methods; D009683:Nuclear Medicine / Q000379:methods; D011868:Radioisotopes; D013667:Technetium; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D011868:Radioisotopes; C000615515:Molybdenum-99; D013667:Technetium; D008982:Molybdenum
keywords: cardiac-gated single-photon emission computer-assisted tomography; nuclear reactors; radioisotopes; technetium