TY - JOUR
T1 - A tale of two technologies
T2 - Can nuclear cardiology survive the emergence of cardiac CT the seventeenth annual Mario S. Verani lectureship
AU - Mahmarian, John
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020, American Society of Nuclear Cardiology.
Copyright:
Copyright 2020 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2020/6/1
Y1 - 2020/6/1
N2 - The Mario S. Verani Lectureship has traditionally been an opportunity for presenters to reflect on the state of nuclear cardiology in clinical practice and expound on new innovations in the field. Mario Verani was a visionary who embraced change and, as a cardiologist, sought to define where other cardiac imaging techniques might complement nuclear cardiology for improving patient care. Over the last decade, nuclear cardiology and cardiac computed tomography (CT) have developed in parallel with both expanding beyond the evaluation of coronary artery disease. However, many consider cardiac CT a formidable threat to nuclear cardiology due to pivotal technical innovations and its subsequent exponential growth in recent years. It is only fitting that this year’s lectureship explore the relative value of both techniques in evaluating and managing cardiac disease, their relative strengths and weaknesses, and the potential value of combining nuclear cardiology and cardiac CT imaging for enhancing patient management. To Mario, my mentor, colleague for over 20 years and friend, this lectureship is truly in honor and remembrance of you.
AB - The Mario S. Verani Lectureship has traditionally been an opportunity for presenters to reflect on the state of nuclear cardiology in clinical practice and expound on new innovations in the field. Mario Verani was a visionary who embraced change and, as a cardiologist, sought to define where other cardiac imaging techniques might complement nuclear cardiology for improving patient care. Over the last decade, nuclear cardiology and cardiac computed tomography (CT) have developed in parallel with both expanding beyond the evaluation of coronary artery disease. However, many consider cardiac CT a formidable threat to nuclear cardiology due to pivotal technical innovations and its subsequent exponential growth in recent years. It is only fitting that this year’s lectureship explore the relative value of both techniques in evaluating and managing cardiac disease, their relative strengths and weaknesses, and the potential value of combining nuclear cardiology and cardiac CT imaging for enhancing patient management. To Mario, my mentor, colleague for over 20 years and friend, this lectureship is truly in honor and remembrance of you.
KW - Nuclear cardiology
KW - cardiac computed tomography
KW - cardiac imaging
KW - positron emission tomography
KW - single photon emission computed tomography
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U2 - 10.1007/s12350-020-02086-4
DO - 10.1007/s12350-020-02086-4
M3 - Review article
C2 - 32476106
AN - SCOPUS:85085646172
VL - 27
SP - 865
EP - 890
JO - Journal of Nuclear Cardiology
JF - Journal of Nuclear Cardiology
SN - 1071-3581
IS - 3
ER -