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Nuclear Cardiology and CMR for the Assessment of Coronary Artery Disease

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The purpose of this chapter is not to produce a list of comparative studies between nuclear-based techniques and the cardiac magnetic resonance (MR) exam. These will change with time. It is rather to look at the two modalities in terms of physical principles and methods to determine where they differ, their degree of difference, where they are similar, and how they may be correlative. Nuclear imaging has had a long life within cardiology, and there is much magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has to learn from it. It is a waste of resources to repeat the mistakes of the past. Consequently, practitioners of cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging should have a foundation of the nuclear imaging past and present. The two modalities will certainly compete for the molecular imaging of the future.

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Christian, T.F. (2008). Nuclear Cardiology and CMR for the Assessment of Coronary Artery Disease. In: Kwong, R.Y. (eds) Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Contemporary Cardiology. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59745-306-6_18

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