The purpose of this document is to update the “ASNC Imaging Guidelines for Nuclear
Cardiology Procedures: Single photon-emission computed tomography” 1 in several areas …

Risk assessment has become increasingly important in this era of evidence-based medicine
in which new and existing technology requires a well-defined body of evidence on its …

Surveys and registries are needed to verify that real-life daily practice is in kee** with what
is recommended in the guidelines, thus completing the loop between clinical research …

The recommendations listed in this document are, whenever possible, evidence based. An
extensive evidence review was conducted as the document was compiled through …

Background—Extent and severity of myocardial ischemia are determinants of risk for
patients with coronary artery disease, and ischemia reduction is an important therapeutic …

Stable angina pectoris is a common and sometimes disabling disorder. The development of
new tools for the diagnostic and prognostic assessments of patients, along with the …

Summary Background In the Fractional Flow Reserve Versus Angiography for Multivessel
Evaluation (FAME) study, fractional flow reserve (FFR)-guided percutaneous coronary …

Background: Optimal management of patients with stable chest pain relies on the prognostic
information provided by noninvasive cardiovascular testing, but there are limited data from …

Background Myocardial infarcts are routinely detected by nuclear imaging techniques such
as single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) myocardial perfusion imaging. A …

Objectives: This study aimed to determine the diagnostic accuracy of the 3 most commonly
used noninvasive myocardial perfusion imaging modalities, single-photon emission …