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Nuclear Imaging with Exercise Testing

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Advances in nuclear imaging have helped establish its role in the diagnosis and management of coronary artery disease. Recent innovations, including the advent of new radiotracers, attenuation techniques and cardiac gating, have improved the accuracy of SPECT and PET. There are extensive data demonstrating the independent diagnostic and prognostic utility of nuclear imaging for stress testing.

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Nguyen, P. (2009). Nuclear Imaging with Exercise Testing. In: Evans, C.H., White, R.D. (eds) Exercise Stress Testing for Primary Care and Sports Medicine. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-76597-6_7

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