1. Nuclear cardiology, patient care, and the humanities

   • Barry L. Zaret

   Editor's Page 13 February 2019 Pages: 353 - 354

   

2. A quick glance at selected topics in this issue

   • Pradeep Bhambhvani
   • Fadi G. Hage
   • Ami E. Iskandrian

   Review Article 19 February 2019 Pages: 355 - 358

3. Cardiovascular disease in the literature: A selection of recent original research papers

   • Fadi G. Hage
   • Wael AlJaroudi

   Review of the Literature 25 January 2019 Pages: 359 - 362

4. Nuclear cardiology in the literature: A selection of recent, original research papers

   • Saurabh Malhotra

   Review of the Literature 04 February 2019 Pages: 363 - 365

5. What is this image? 2019: Image 6

   WHAT IS THIS IMAGE? 20 February 2019 Pages: 366 - 366

   

6. What is this image? 2019: Image 5 result

   • Jessica I. Gupta
   • James R. Corbett
   • Richard L. Weinberg

   What is this image? 04 February 2019 Pages: 367 - 369

   

7. In appreciation of our 2018 reviewers

   • Ami E. Iskandrian

   Acknowledgement 07 February 2019 Pages: 370 - 371

8. Hal O. Anger, DSc (hon) (1920-2005)

   • Frans J. Th. Wackers
   • the History Corner

   History Corner 26 July 2018 Pages: 372 - 373

   

9. The utility of ⁸²Rb PET for myocardial viability assessment: Comparison with perfusion-metabolism ⁸²Rb-¹⁸F-FDG PET

   • Jonathan B. Moody
   • Keri M. Hiller
   • Edward P. Ficaro

   Original Article 26 February 2019 Pages: 374 - 386

   

10. Quantitative ⁸²Rb dynamic pet perfusion analysis with kinetic modeling for myocardial viability: Can we get away with just ⁸²Rb perfusion kinetics?

    • Karthik Ananthasubramaniam
    • Parthiban Arumugam

    Editorial 26 February 2019 Pages: 387 - 390

11. Landmark analysis: A primer

    • Charity J. Morgan

    Editorial 04 February 2019 Pages: 391 - 393

    

12. ¹⁸F-FDG-PET in Finnish patients with clinical suspicion of cardiac sarcoidosis: Female sex and history of atrioventricular block increase the prevalence of positive PET findings

    • Heikki Tuominen
    • Atte Haarala
    • Kalle Sipilä

    Original Article 05 June 2017 Pages: 394 - 400

    

13. Search for key manifestations to predict inflammation on cardiac PET in suspected cardiac sarcoidosis population

    • Vasileios Kouranos
    • Kshama Wechalekar

    Editorial 27 June 2017 Pages: 401 - 404

14. Assessing time-of-flight signal-to-noise ratio gains within the myocardium and subsequent reductions in administered activity in cardiac PET studies

    • Ian S. Armstrong
    • Christine M. Tonge
    • Parthiban Arumugam

    Original Article 11 May 2017 Pages: 405 - 412

    

15. Does time-of-flight improve image quality in the heart?

    • R. Glenn Wells
    • Robert A. deKemp

    Editorial 17 July 2017 Pages: 413 - 416

    

16. Relationship of non-invasive quantification of myocardial blood flow to arrhythmic events in patients with implantable cardiac defibrillators

    • Michael Ghannam
    • Krasimira Mikhova
    • Venkatesh L. Murthy

    Original Article 07 July 2017 Pages: 417 - 427

    

17. Noninvasive myocardial blood flow assessment: Another marker of arrhythmic risk?

    • Alejandro Velasco
    • Harish Doppalapudi

    Editorial 11 July 2017 Pages: 428 - 430

18. Prognostic study of cardiac events in Japanese patients with chronic kidney disease using ECG-gated myocardial Perfusion imaging: Final 3-year report of the J-ACCESS 3 study

    • Satoko Nakamura
    • Yuhei Kawano
    • Tsunehiko Nishimura

    Original Article Open access 24 April 2017 Pages: 431 - 440

    

19. Ischemia and inflammation on chronic kidney disease

    • Nagara Tamaki

    Editorial 27 July 2017 Pages: 441 - 442

20. Comparison of CZT SPECT and conventional SPECT for assessment of contractile function, mechanical synchrony and myocardial scar in patients with heart failure

    • Dayong Wu
    • Zongyao Zhang
    • Wei Fang

    Original Article 16 June 2017 Pages: 443 - 452

    

21. Dedicated cardiac CZT SPECT is steadily moving to achieve its destiny

    • Doumit Daou

    Editorial 25 July 2017 Pages: 453 - 455

22. CME instructions: Coronary circulation: Pressure/flow parameters for assessment of ischemic heart disease

    News 22 March 2019 Pages: 456 - 458

23. Coronary circulation: Pressure/flow parameters for assessment of ischemic heart disease

    • Henry Gewirtz

    Review Article 10 April 2018 Pages: 459 - 470

    

24. Early risk stratification using Rubidium-82 positron emission tomography in STEMI patients

    • Adam Ali Ghotbi
    • Philip Hasbak
    • Andreas Kjær

    Original Article Open access 17 July 2017 Pages: 471 - 482

    

25. Early post-STEMI PET, a judicious investment?

    • Riemer H. J. A. Slart
    • Luis Eduardo Juarez-Orozco

    Editorial 03 August 2017 Pages: 483 - 485

26. FDG PET-CT findings of extra-thoracic sarcoid are associated with cardiac sarcoid: A rationale for using FGD PET-CT for cardiac sarcoid evaluation

    • Darshan C. Patel
    • Senthil S. Gunasekaran
    • Yang Lu

    Original Article 05 July 2017 Pages: 486 - 492

    

27. The logic and challenges of imaging sarcoidosis with whole body FDG PET

    • Roberto C. Valentin
    • Pradeep Bhambhvani

    Editorial 17 August 2017 Pages: 493 - 496

28. Accuracy of 99mTc-Hydroxymethylene diphosphonate scintigraphy for diagnosis of transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis

    • Francesco Cappelli
    • Chiara Gallini
    • Federico Perfetto

    Original Article 23 May 2017 Pages: 497 - 504

    

29. Nuclear imaging of cardiac amyloidosis

    • Efstathia Andrikopoulou
    • Pradeep Bhambhvani

    Editorial 18 August 2017 Pages: 505 - 508

    

30. Interactions between myocardial sympathetic denervation and left ventricular mechanical dyssynchrony: A CZT analysis

    • Alessia Gimelli
    • Riccardo Liga
    • Paolo Marzullo

    Original Article 14 August 2017 Pages: 509 - 518

    

31. Phase dyssynchrony and ¹²³I-meta-iodobenzylguanidine innervation imaging towards standardization

    • Kenichi Nakajima
    • Koichi Okuda
    • Hein J. Verberne

    Editorial 18 September 2017 Pages: 519 - 523

    

32. Review of cardiovascular imaging in the Journal of Nuclear Cardiology 2018. Part 1 of 2: Positron emission tomography, computed tomography, and magnetic resonance

    • Wael A. AlJaroudi
    • Fadi G. Hage

    Review Article 02 January 2019 Pages: 524 - 535

    

33. How to achieve patient-centered testing: role of the protocol nurse

    • Patricia N. Salimi
    • Joelyn B. Niggel
    • Friederike K. Keating

    Brief Report 19 May 2017 Pages: 536 - 540

    

34. Expert protocol teams enhance patient centered cardiac testing and care

    • R. G. Schwartz
    • L. Sculli
    • M. L. Mackin

    Editorial 01 September 2017 Pages: 541 - 542

35. Advances in imaging instrumentation for nuclear cardiology

    • Jae Sung Lee
    • Gil Kovalski
    • Dong Soo Lee

    Review Article 17 July 2017 Pages: 543 - 556

    

36. The tools are ready, are we?

    • Sang-Geon Cho
    • Zeenat Jabin
    • Henry Hee-Seung Bom

    Editorial 21 August 2017 Pages: 557 - 560

37. Corrected coronary opacification decrease from coronary computed tomography angiography: Validation with quantitative 13N-ammonia positron emission tomography

    • Dominik C. Benz
    • Christoph Gräni
    • Ronny R. Buechel

    Original Article 06 July 2017 Pages: 561 - 568

    

38. Anatomy and physiology in coronary artery disease imaging

    • Filippo Cademartiri
    • Erica Maffei

    Editorial 16 August 2017 Pages: 569 - 573

    

39. Improved diagnosis of the number of stenosed coronary artery vessels by segmentation with scatter and photo-peak window data for attenuation correction in myocardial perfusion SPECT

    • Yohei Yamauchi
    • Yumiko Kanzaki
    • Nobukazu Ishizaka

    Original Article 13 September 2017 Pages: 574 - 581

    

40. Failure to accurately identify the number of diseased coronary arteries: A weakness of SPECT MPI

    • Dennis A. Calnon

    Editorial 09 November 2017 Pages: 582 - 584

41. Effect of liraglutide on myocardial glucose uptake and blood flow in stable chronic heart failure patients: A double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled LIVE sub-study

    • Roni Nielsen
    • Anders Jorsal
    • Henrik Wiggers

    Original Article 02 August 2017 Pages: 585 - 597

    

42. Is it time to reassess the role of myocardial metabolic modulation for the treatment of heart failure?

    • John P. Bois
    • Robert J. Gropler

    Editorial 03 October 2017 Pages: 598 - 601

43. Coronary calcium score influences referral for invasive coronary angiography after normal myocardial perfusion SPECT

    • Shu Yokota
    • Mohamed Mouden
    • Siert Knollema

    Original Article 15 September 2017 Pages: 602 - 612

    

44. Use of coronary artery calcium scanning as a triage for invasive coronary angiography

    • Roberta Assante
    • Michele Klain
    • Wanda Acampa

    Editorial 16 October 2017 Pages: 613 - 615

45. Incidence of atrioventricular block with vasodilator stress SPECT: A meta-analysis

    • Efstathia Andrikopoulou
    • Charity J. Morgan
    • Fadi G. Hage

    Original Article 17 October 2017 Pages: 616 - 628

    

46. Safer stress tests for myocardial perfusion imaging

    • Sang-Geon Cho
    • Zeenat Jabin
    • Henry Hee-Seung Bom

    Editorial 16 October 2017 Pages: 629 - 632

47. Predictive value of ¹⁸F-FDG PET/CT in patients with acute type B aortic intramural hematoma

    • Fan Yang
    • Jianfang Luo
    • Qingshan Geng

    Original Article 02 August 2017 Pages: 633 - 641

    

48. Can FDG-PET imaging play a role in guiding indications to endovascular treatments in patients presenting acute aortic syndromes?

    • Michael Soussan
    • Fabien Hyafil

    Editorial 16 October 2017 Pages: 642 - 644

49. Multi-modality imaging: Bird’s eye view from the 2018 American Heart Association Scientific Sessions

    • Mouaz H. Al-Mallah
    • Steven G. Lloyd
    • Fadi G. Hage

    Review Article 25 January 2019 Pages: 645 - 654

    

50. Should positron emission tomography be the standard of care for non-invasive surveillance following cardiac transplantation?

    • Robert J. H. Miller
    • Jon A. Kobashigawa
    • Daniel S. Berman

    Editorial 12 November 2018 Pages: 655 - 659