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 in …

Study objectives To identify the risk ofthromboembolism after withholding or reversing the
effect of warfarintherapy following a major hemorrhage. Design Retrospective medical record …

A vast array of noninvasive imaging modalities is available for the evaluation of the presence
and severity of coronary artery disease (CAD). Choosing the right test can be challenging …

Background— Patients with diabetes mellitus have accelerated progression of heart failure
and often have impaired cardiac sympathetic innervation. The present study examines the …

Background and hypothesis: Limited data exist regarding racial differences in heart failure.
The objective of this prospective study was to document racial differences in the baseline …

Aorto-atrial fistulas (AAF) are rare but important pathophysiologic conditions of the aorta
and have varied presentations such as acute pulmonary edema, chronic heart failure and …

Cardiovascular disease remains the most important cause of morbidity and mortality among
kidney transplant recipients. Nearly half the deaths in transplanted patients are attributed to …

Objectives : The aim of this study was to assess the performance of β-methyl-p-[ 123 I]-iodophenyl-pentadecanoic
acid (BMIPP) single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) …

Hypereosinophilic syndrome is a rare but important systemic disease with multiple clinical
presentations. Approximately 40% of these cases have cardiac involvement. …

BACKGROUND: The predictive accuracy of stress echocardiography (SE) for adverse cardiac
events has been variable in the population with end-stage renal disease undergoing renal …