Position paper nuclear cardiology: Update 2008

M. Schäfers; F. Bengel; U. Büll; W. Burchert; P. Kies; R. Kluge; B. J. Krause; O. Lindner; C. Nienaber; B. Nowak; W. Schäfer; O. Schober; M. Schwaiger; S. Silber; L. Stegger; J. vom Dahl; R. Zimmermann

doi:10.3413/nukmed-0220

Nuklearmedizin - NuclearMedicine, Inhaltsverzeichnis

Nuklearmedizin 2009; 48(02): 71-78
DOI: 10.3413/nukmed-0220

Positionspapier Nuklearkardiologie

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Position paper nuclear cardiology: Update 2008

State-of-the-art of scintigraphic methodsPositionspapier Nuklear kardiologie: Update 2008Aktueller Stand der szintigraphischen Methodik

Autor*innen

M. Schäfers^*

¹Klinik und Poliklinik für Nuklearmedizin, Universitätsklinikum Münster
F. Bengel^*

²Cardiovascular Nuclear Medicine, Johns Hopkins University Medical Institutions, Baltimore, USA
U. Büll^*

³Klinik und Poliklinik für Nuklearmedizin, UK Aachen
W. Burchert^*

⁴Institut für Radiologie, Nuklearmedizin und Molekulare Bildgebung, Herz- und Diabeteszentrum NRW, Universitätsklinik der Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bad Oeynhausen
P. Kies^*

¹Klinik und Poliklinik für Nuklearmedizin, Universitätsklinikum Münster
R. Kluge^*

⁵Klinik und Poliklinik für Nuklearmedizin, UK Leipzig
B. J. Krause^*

⁷Nuklearmedizinische Klinik und Poliklinik, TU München
O. Lindner^*

⁴Institut für Radiologie, Nuklearmedizin und Molekulare Bildgebung, Herz- und Diabeteszentrum NRW, Universitätsklinik der Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bad Oeynhausen
C. Nienaber^*

⁶Klinik und Poliklinik für Innere Medizin – Kardiologie, Klinikum der Universität Rostock
B. Nowak^*

³Klinik und Poliklinik für Nuklearmedizin, UK Aachen
W. Schäfer^*

³Klinik und Poliklinik für Nuklearmedizin, UK Aachen
O. Schober^*

¹Klinik und Poliklinik für Nuklearmedizin, Universitätsklinikum Münster
M. Schwaiger^*

⁷Nuklearmedizinische Klinik und Poliklinik, TU München
S. Silber^*

⁸Kardiologische Gemeinschaftspraxis und Praxisklinik in der Klinik Dr. Müller, München
L. Stegger^*

¹Klinik und Poliklinik für Nuklearmedizin, Universitätsklinikum Münster
J. vom Dahl^*

⁹Kliniken Maria Hilf GmbH, Klinik für Kardiologie, Mönchengladbach
R. Zimmermann^*

¹⁰Medizinische Klinik I – Kardiologie, Klinikum Pforzheim

Abstract

Summary

Nuclear cardiology is well established in clinical diagnostic algorithms for many years. This is an update 2008 of the first common position paper of the German Association of Nuclear Medicine and the German Association of Cardiology, Heart and Circulation Research published in 2001 aiming at an overview of state-of-the-art scintigraphic methods.

Zusammenfassung

Die nuklearkardiologischen Verfahren besitzen seit langem einen festen klinischen Stellenwert. Das “Update 2008” des 2001 erstmals verfassten Positionspapieres der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Nuklearmedizin und der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Kardiologie, Herz- und Kreislaufforschung bietet einen aktuellen Überblick Über die szintigraphische Methodik.

Keywords

Position paper - nuclear cardiology - myocardial scintigraphy - SPECT - PET

Schlüsselwörter

Positionspapier - Nuklearkardiologie - Myokardszintigraphie - SPECT - PET

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