Nuclear Cardiology

The nuclear cardiology laboratory at Duke strives for excellence in clinical service, research, and teaching in the field of cardiovascular nuclear medicine imaging.

Procedures offered:

SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging studies

Radionuclide angiocardiography

Positron Emission Tomography combined with with cardiac computed tomography (PET/CT) for multimodality imaging

Approximately 5,000 procedures are performed each year.

The PET facility was awarded Duke's Star Service Excellence awards for two consecutive years.

Our nuclear laboratory is currently a core laboratory for a sub-study of the largest study funded by the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (the Heart Failure Action Study).

Facilities

The nuclear cardiology and cardiac PET laboratories are equipped with 4 SPECT cameras and 1 SPECT CT camera. The cardiac PET facility has 1 PET CT unit in a dedicated PET unit.

Faculty

Thomas M. Bashore, MD
Salvador Borges-Neto, MD
R. Edward Coleman, MD
Michael W. Hanson, MD
Lawrence Liao, MD
Kenneth G. Morris, MD

Scheduling

Call 919-684-7744.