Department of Nuclear medicine is the part of “Kyiv City Heart Center”. The main purpose of the department is providing high qualified radionuclide examinations with the use of radiopharmaceuticals (RPH).

Scintigraphic studies by gamma-camera Infinia Hawkeye^TM (GE, USA) with data processing workstation «Xeleris» are made in the department. In addition to the standard scintigraphy Infinia Hawkeye^TM affords providing examinations with using of two methods of radiation diagnostics – radionuclide (single photon emission tomography – SPECT) and roentgenological (X-ray computer-tomography – CT) for the images fusion (SPECT/CT). It affords to improve efficiency of the conventional radionuclide diagnostics, to approach it to the international standards. SPECT/CT is used in cardiology (for attenuation correction) and oncology (for anatomical localization of increased accumulation of RPH).

Amount, location and total area of the rooms in department corresponds to the European standards. It affords to perform examinations according to all requirements of radiation safety. It essentially improves the quality of service. Specially equipped rooms for patients make them staying in the department as comfortable as possible.

The studies of the nuclear medicine department:

• Myocardial Perfusion Imaging / Gated SPECT with ^99mTc-MIBI with attenuation correction (SPECT/CT).
• Indirect radionuclide renangiography with ^99mTc-DTPA
• Dynamic renoscintigraphy with ^99mTc-DTPA and ^99mTc-MAG3 for filtration, secretory and excretory functions determination
• Static renoscintigraphy with ^99mTc-DMSA for identification sites of the renal tissue inflammation or sclerosis
• Indirect radionuclide cystography for identification passive and active vesicoureteral reflux (VUR)
• Bone scintigraphy (whole body, 3-phase, SPECT, SPECT/CT)
• Dynamic and static thyreoscintigraphy
• Parathyreoscintigraphy (revelation and localization of parathyroid adenomas)
• Dynamic and static hepatoscintigraphy
• Brain SPECT
• Lung perfusion scintigraphy with ^99mTc-MAA
• Scintigraphic tumor visualization (with ^99mTc-MIBI, ^99mTc-(V) DMSA, ^99mTc-Tectrotyd)