In this study, the role of several imaging techniques in diagnosing atherosclerosis, assessment of myocardial ischemia, myocardial viability, and heart failure are broadly discussed. The issues derived from cardiac PET are presented in relation to the conventional techniques.

In this study, the role of several imaging techniques in diagnosing atherosclerosis, assessment of myocardial ischemia, myocardial viability, and heart failure are broadly discussed. The issues derived from cardiac PET are presented in relation to the conventional techniques, such as echocardiography, SPECT and MRI. In addition, newer imaging techniques such as intracoronary ultrasound, electron beam computed tomography, and Raman spectroscopy are given wide attention. The effects of drug treatment, such as anti-ischemic and lipid-lowering drugs, are also evaluated. This book should assist clinical cardiologists, nuclear medicine physicians, fellows in cardiology and nuclear medicine, radiochemists, basic research fellows, and technicians, in understanding the new advances in clinical cardiac PET.

Wenkebach Lecture: Clinical Impact of Cardiac PET
H.R. Schelbert. Part One: Atherosclerosis. 1. Stable and Unstable Atherosclerotic Plaques: Plaque Biology in Relation to Acute Events
A.C. van der Wal, A.E. Becker. 2. Atherosclerosis Viewed from the Inside
P. den Heijer. 3. Raman Spectroscopy of Atherosclerosis: Towards Real-Time in vivo Histochemistry and Pathology
T.J. Romer, et al. 4. Coronary Vascular Function in Stable and Unstable Angina
S.H.J. Monnink, et al. 5. The Role of Imaging Techniques in the Diagnosis of Atherosclerosis
H.J.G.H. Mulder, et al. Part Two: Myocardial Ischemia. 6. The Coronary Microcirculation and Myocardial Ischemia
P.G. Camici, O. Rimoldi. 7. Myocardial Ischemia and Cholesterol Lowering Therapy
H.- M.J. Siebelink, A.J. van Boven. 8. Myocardial Ischemia and Pain
G.J. ter Horst. 9. Functional Neuroimaging of Angina Pectoris
S.D. Rosen. Part Three: Myocardial Viability. 10. Clinical Relevance of Myocardial Viability
F.C. Visser, et al. 11. Pathophysiology of Acute or Short-Term Hibernation
T.J.C. Ruigrok, et al. 12. Myocardial Hibernation: Blood Flow and Metabolism
J.-L.J. Vanoverschelde, et al. 13. Imaging Techniques in Determining Myocardial Viability and Hibernation
M. Gunning, R. Underwood. 14. Improvement of LV Function by a PET Based Revascularization Strategy: A Prospective Randomized Comparison with SPECT
H.-M.J. Siebelink, et al. 15. FDG SPECT to Assess Myocardial Viability
J.J. Bax, et al. Part Four: Heart Failure. 16. Myocardial Ischemia in Heart Failure: Value of Positron Emission Tomography
D.J. van Veldhuisen, et al. 17. Study of Cardiac Function with PET or SPECT
G. Germano. 18. Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Cardiac Function and Flow: Present and Future
A.C. van Rossum. 19. Development of Ligands for Receptor Imaging
P.H. Elsinga, et al. 20. Surgical Treatment of Heart Failure
R.M.H.J. Brouwer, et al.