Thallium-201 MPI has been available for over 20 years; as a result, there is a great deal of data regarding its diagnostic and prognostic value in CAD. The image quality available with thallium-201 is ...

Nearly 15 million times a year, heart patients climb onto a treadmill to take a stress test that can reveal blockages in their heart’s blood vessels. But a looming shortage of a crucial short-lived ...

Dual-isotope imaging is a hybrid protocol that combines a resting thallium injection and subsequent scan with the injection of either Tc-99m sestamibi or tetrofosmin during stress. This protocol ...