ACC/AHA guidelines for cardiac radionuclide imaging (2003)

ACC/AHA/ASNC Guidelines for the Clinical Use of Cardiac Radionuclide Imaging--Executive Summary
'''A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines “”

web page information obtained from:

'''Klocke et al. ACC/AHA Guidelines for Radionuclide Imaging. J Am Coll Cardiol 2003;42:1318-33.'''

TABLE 1. Recommendations for Emergency Department Imaging for Suspected ACS

 * CAD, coronary artery disease; ECG, electrocardiogram; MPI, myocardial perfusion imaging.

TABLE 2. Recommendations for Use of Radionuclide Testing in Diagnosis, Risk Assessment, Prognosis, and Assessment of Therapy After Acute STEMI

 * FPRNA, first pass radionuclide angiography; MPI, myocardial perfusion imaging;RNA, radionuclide angiography; SPECT, single-photon emission computed tomography.