The future of nuclear cardiology: imaging ischaemic heart disease and beyond
In 1925, Dr Herrmann Blumgart performed the first diagnostic procedure using a radioactive tracer in a human (himself). Along with his co-worker Otto C Yens, then a medical student in Boston, they measured arm-to-arm circulation time using Radium C and cloud chamber detector, and found this time to be longer in individuals with cardiac decompensation […]
Dr Jason Tarkin, Dr Deepa Gopalan
Imperial College London, University of Cambridge Hospitals NHS Trust