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To sit perfectly still for two minutes seems a small price to pay for the knowledge that a patient can gain as a mechanical arm that houses a highly sophisticated piece of nuclear medicine imaging equipment is scanning their heart. Viewing the action of the most important organ in the body and sending the scans to a computer terminal where they can be examined by a cardiologist, the nuclear camera collimator that is attached to the imaging arm is making it easier for surgeons to see what trouble is bothering a person that has a heart condition. With the completed scans of the heart the doctor can look at the left and right ventricle and aorta as well as examining the small valves that allow blood to enter and pass through the heart. Made up of four chambers the two upper atria and two lower ventricles each play an important role in the pumping of blood throughout the body. Responsible for the blood flow the small mitral valve that regulates the direction of blood moving from the left ventricle to the aorta poses a common threat to the heart that can become a serious condition. Requiring a surgical procedure to correct the action of the mitral valve a cardiologist may order a complete scan if the heart to determine the correct operation of the organ. Using a gamma camera to view the organ in action, without opening up the patient, doctors are able to collect a series of scans that reveal the condition of the mitral valve or a number of other diseases that affect the heart. Through the scans that are taken by the nuclear medicine imaging device a person can be assured that their doctor is able to provide the best medical care for them. Whether performing a surgery to correct the mitral valve function or operating on a bypass to clear the arteries of congested plaque buildup from high cholesterol doctors that are correcting heart function through surgery are able to identify where and what to work on as they have access to the scans that are provided from two minutes of scans that take place sitting in a chair with a nuclear camera attached to it. BC Technical ( http://www.bctechnical.com/ ) is about nuclear medicine imaging. For more info visit bctechnical.com
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