Division of Cardiology, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Division of Cardiology, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
J Med Imaging Radiat Sci. 2024 Jun;55(2S):S3-S9. doi: 10.1016/j.jmir.2024.03.048. Epub 2024 Apr 17.
Gated radionuclide angiography and myocardial perfusion imaging were developed in the United States and Europe in the 1970's and soon adopted in Canadian centers. Much of the early development of nuclear cardiology in Canada was in Toronto, Ontario and was quickly followed by new programs across the country. Clinical research in Canada contributed to the further development of nuclear cardiology and cardiac PET. The Canadian Nuclear Cardiology Society (CNCS) was formed in 1995 and became the Canadian Society of Cardiovascular Nuclear and CT Imaging (CNCT) in 2014. The CNCS had a major role in education and advocacy for cardiovascular nuclear medicine testing. The CNCS established the Dr Robert Burns Lecture and CNCT named the Canadian Society of Cardiovascular Nuclear and CT Imaging Annual Achievement Award for Dr Michael Freeman in memoriam of these two outstanding Canadian leaders in nuclear cardiology. The future of nuclear cardiology in Canada is exciting with the expanding use of SPECT imaging to include Tc-99m-pyrophosphate for diagnosis of transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis and the ongoing introduction of cardiac PET imaging.
门控放射性核素血管造影和心肌灌注成像于 20 世纪 70 年代在美国和欧洲开发，并很快在加拿大中心采用。加拿大核心脏病学的早期发展大多在安大略省的多伦多，随后全国各地都迅速开展了新项目。加拿大的临床研究为核心脏病学和心脏 PET 的进一步发展做出了贡献。加拿大核心脏病学会（CNCS）成立于 1995 年，并于 2014 年成为加拿大心血管核与 CT 成像学会（CNCT）。CNCS 在心血管核医学检测的教育和宣传方面发挥了重要作用。CNCS 设立了罗伯特·彭斯博士讲座，CNCT 将加拿大心血管核与 CT 成像学会年度成就奖命名为迈克尔·弗里曼博士奖，以纪念这两位在核心脏病学领域的杰出加拿大领袖。随着 SPECT 成像技术的不断扩展，包括 Tc-99m-焦磷酸盐用于诊断转甲状腺素心脏淀粉样变性，以及心脏 PET 成像的持续引入，加拿大核心脏病学的未来令人兴奋。
