This document is an update of a previous document published 4 years ago and represents the current understanding of the clinical benefit of cardiac radionuclide imaging with respect to health outcomes and survival. It is intended to provide a practical guide to clinicians and patients in more than 60 clinical scenarios. Therefore, these different scenarios are scored for appropriate use of radionuclide imaging in three categories: appropriate, inappropriate and uncertain. For clinicians it is a good summary of current appropriate use of ever evolving technology in cardiac radionuclide imaging.
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