Vikas K Rathi M.D.
Nuclear Medicine Specialist | Nuclear Cardiology
8243 Meadowbridge Rd Mechanicsville VA, 23116About
Dr. Vikas Rathi practices Nuclear Medicine in Mechanicsville, VA. Dr. Rathi uses procedures and treatments that apply molecular imaging and molecular therapy. Nuclear Medicine Physicians are trained and certified to provide such procedures as skeletal imaging, glucose metabolic imaging, brain perfusion, blood pool imaging, and thyroid imaging, among many others.
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Cardiovascular Disease
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Cardiac MR spectroscopy in the new millennium.
- Physiologic compensation is supranormal in compensated aortic stenosis: does it return to normal after aortic valve replacement or is it blunted by coexistent coronary artery disease? An intramyocardial magnetic resonance imaging study.
- Routine evaluation of left ventricular diastolic function by cardiovascular magnetic resonance: a practical approach.
- LV reverse remodeling imparted by aortic valve replacement for severe aortic stenosis; is it durable? A cardiovascular MRI study sponsored by the American Heart Association.
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