Nuclear cardiology in Singapore: a review

Ann Acad Med Singap. 2004 Jul;33(4):461-6.

Abstract

Since its introduction in Singapore more than 10 years ago, nuclear cardiology has now become an integral part of comprehensive cardiac workup of patients with a variety of cardiac diseases. We trace its local development from the 1980s to its present-day role in cardiac evaluation, and into the potential future of genetic and molecular cardiology.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Cardiology / trends
  • Cell Survival
  • Chest Pain / diagnosis
  • Electrocardiography
  • Heart / diagnostic imaging
  • Heart Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Heart Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Humans
  • Myocardial Infarction / diagnostic imaging
  • Prognosis
  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Risk Assessment
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Singapore
  • Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi
  • Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon / methods

Substances

  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi