Table of Contents

State of the Art in Cardiac Positron Emission Tomography Wenckebach Lecture.- One: Myocardial viability.- 1. Myocardial viability: stunning and hibernation.- 2. Positron emission tomography assessment of myocardial viability.- 3. Comparison of thallium scintigraphy and positron emission tomography.- 4. Cardiac metabolism: positron emission tomography versus single photon emission computed tomography.- 5. The role of fluorine-18-deoxyglucose single photon emission computed tomography in predicting reversibility of regional wall motion abnormalities after revascularization.- 6. Parametric positron emission tomography imaging of myocardial perfusion and metabolism.- 7. Positron emission tomography compared to single photon emission computed tomography in the evaluation of myocardial viability: a preliminary cost-effectiveness analysis.- 8. Assessment of myocardial viability by pharmacological stress echocardiography.- 9. Assessment of myocardial viability by magnetic resonance imaging techniques.- Two: Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.- 10. Classification of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy with magnetic resonance imaging compared with echocardiography.- 11. Positron emission tomography characterization of the myocardium in hypertrophie cardiomyopathy.- 12. Treatment of hypertrophie obstructive cardiomyopathy with pacing.- Three: Receptor imaging studies.- 13. Heart failure and the cardiac beta-adrenoceptor.- 14. Study of cardiac receptor ligands by positron emission tomography.- 15. Assessment of sympathetic cardiac innervation by scintigraphic techniques.- 16. Experimental and clinical cardiac beta-receptor studies.- Four: Myocardial Perfusion.- 17. Methodological issues in regional myocardial perfusion imaging with positron emission tomography.- 18. Altered autonomic control of the cardiovascular system in syndrome X.- 19. Positron emission tomography studies of cardiac neurostimulation.- Colour Section.

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`This small, condensed and well-produced book gives a detailed account of the cardiac PET conference ... The book is clearly inteded for committed investigators and clinicians whose main interest is cardiology, but it is highly recommended as an up-to-date well-produced publication that deserves to be read, digested and kept for future specialized reference.'
European Journal of Nuclear Medicine 22:10, 1995