Challenges and Opportunities of Nuclear Cardiology from an Asian Perspective

Abstract

There are many challenges and opportunities for nuclear cardiology in the assessment and treatment of ischemic heart disease in Asia. A short recitation of the scope of the problem in Asia, the role of nuclear cardiology, and the various impediments to the widespread, appropriate and cost-effective use of nuclear cardiology is given, together with a list of possible solutions to these hindrances applicable to Asian countries.