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Nuclear Medicine Division
The Division of Nuclear Medicine of the Philippine Heart Center is a full service nuclear medicine which performs both diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. The division provides all the diagnostic procedures needed in a general Nuclear Medicine set-up with emphasis given to Cardiovascular Nuclear Medicine and radionuclide therapeutic procedures to treat diseases responsive to radioactive materials administered internally. It also provides in vitro procedures and interpretations. In the fight against disease, diagnosis is critical to the best treatment and outcome. Imaging techniques give the doctors and staff a unique way to look inside the human body. These techniques combine the use of state-of-the art sensitive scanning equipment, advanced computing technology and various radioactive substances to produce high quality images. Total number of procedures performed annually approximately 60,000.

Services Offered


Cardiovascular Imaging

  • Myocardial Perfusion Scan Exercise Rest Thallium
  • Myocardial Perfusion Scan Rest Redistribution Thallium
  • Myocardial Perfusion Scan Dipyridamole Thallium
  • Myocardial Perfusion Scan Exercise Rest Sestamibi
  • Myocardial Perfusion Scan Resting Sestamibi
  • Myocardial Perfusion Scan Dipyridamole Sestamibi
  • First Pass RNA
  • Gated Cardiac Blood Pool (MUGA)
  • Infarct Avid Imaging

Non-Cardiac Imaging

  • Bone Scan
  • Bone Scan Three Phase
  • Dacryoscintigraphy
  • Gastric Emptying Scan
  • Gastroesophageal Reflux Scan
  • Hepatobiliary Scan
  • Leg Venography
  • Leg Venography including Lung Perfusion
  • Liver-Spleen Scan
  • Lung Perfusion Scan
  • Lung Ventilation Scan
  • Lung Ventilation/Perfusion (V/Q scan)
  • Lymphoscintigraphy
  • Meckel's Diverticulum Scan
  • Parathyroid (dual tracer)
  • Renal Cortical Scan DMSA
  • Renal Diuretic Scan DTPA
  • Renal Diuretic Scan MAG3
  • Renal Dynamic Scan DTPA
  • Sialoscintigraphy
  • Scintimammography (Sestamibi)
  • Scintimammography with Bone Scan (HDP / MDP)
  • Tagged RBC Scan / G.I. Bleeding
  • Testicular Scan
  • Thyroid Scan (Tc99m pertechnetate)
  • Thyroid Radioactive Iodine Uptake (I-131)
  • Thyroid Uptake and Scan (I-131 + Tc99m)
  • Thyroid Uptake and Scan (I-131)
  • Whole Body Scan (I-131)

Bone Densitometry Procedures (DXA)

  • Routine (Lumbar, Spine & Hips)
  • Routine + Forearm
  • Whole Body DXA Imaging

Radioimmunoassay Procedures

  • FT3 RIA
  • FT4 RIA
  • TSH IRMA

Radioiodine I-131 Therapy



It is located at Pagbubungkos Plaza between hospital building and Medical Arts building. For more information please contact the local numbers 2164 to 2165.

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