Basics in Cardiology: Nuclear Imaging

The topics of ECG, Echo and Stress Testing was previously covered but now let's turn to a "hot" topic: nuclear cardiology. Dr. Kahn's roots go way over 30 years ago to training making pictures of heart blood flow and strength and participated some major advances in this field. All these years later you may still be asked to undergo a nuclear cardiology scan. Therefore, lets discuss what they are, how they are done, the risks, the alternatives, the benefits. At the end you will know thallium from cardiolite from MUGA and other doctor talk.