scintigraphy (radionuclide test)
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Indications
- a diagnostic test used to visualize the heart or other organ(s) & vessels
Contraindications
Procedure
- a radioactive substance is injected into the bloodstream & the emitted radioactivity is detected by a scanner
More general terms
More specific terms
- 2,6-dimethylimminodiacetic acid [HIDA] scan (hepatobiliary scan)
- captopril scan; ACE inhibitor renography; renal scintigraphy
- cardiac scintigraphy (cardiac radionuclide imaging)
- cholescintigraphy
- dopamine transporter scan
- DPTA/hippuran renal scan; radionuclide renal clearance scan
- gallium scan
- gastric scintigraphy (gastric emptying study)
- Indium (111In)-leukocyte scintigraphy
- indium-labeled WBC scan
- liver-spleen scan
- lymphoscintigraphy
- myocardial perfusion & viability scintigraphy
- N-p-isopropylacetanilide-imminodiacetic acid [PIPIDA] scan
- pyrophosphate scan
- radioactive iodine uptake (RAIU) test
- radioisotope bone scan; bone scintigraphy; osseous survey
- radionuclide ventriculography; cardiac blood pool imaging (RVG, MUGA)
- renogram; radioisotope renography; MAG3 scan
- single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT)
- somatostatin receptor scintigraphy; octreotide scintigraphy
- Tc-99m labeled erythrocyte scan
- WBC scan
References
- ↑ Hendel RC, Berman DS, Di Carli MF et al ACCF/ASNC/ACR/AHA/ASE/SCCT/SCMR/SNM 2009 Appropriate Use Criteria for Cardiac Radionuclide Imaging: A Report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation Appropriate Use Criteria Task Force, the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology, the American College of Radiology, the American Heart Association, the American Society of Echocardiography, the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography, the Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, and the Society of Nuclear Medicine. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2009 Jun 9;53(23):2201-29 PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19497454