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Author(s): Bijoy K Khandheria Added: 3 years ago
Cardiovascular ultrasound is an established imaging modality in the practice of cardiovascular disease (CVD), whether this is provided by a CV specialist or health professionals with training in internal medicine. Transthoracic imaging wherein the transducer is placed on the chest wall has some limitations. These include inadequate quality of images resulting in poor informationÔÇöapproximately 5… View more

Imaging & Diagnostics
Author(s): Bijoy K Khandheria Added: 3 years ago
Cardiovascular ultrasound is an established imaging modality in the practice of cardiovascular disease (CVD), whether this is provided by a CV specialist or health professionals with training in internal medicine. Transthoracic imaging wherein the transducer is placed on the chest wall has some limitations. These include inadequate quality of images resulting in poor informationÔÇöapproximately 5… View more

Imaging & Diagnostics
Author(s): Eric HC Yu Added: 3 years ago
Contemporary approved echo contrast agents share a common approved indication of left ventricular opacification and enhancement of endocardial border delineation for the assessment of left ventricular function in patients with technically suboptimal echocardiograms (ECGs). The use of echo contrast agents with advanced imaging technologies has resulted in the conversion of many non-diagnostic ECGs… View more

Imaging & Diagnostics
Author(s): Bruce L Macrum Added: 3 years ago
Both the art and the science of echocardiography have made tremendous strides in the 50 years since their earliest origins. In its modern-day form, echocardiography maintains a legacy of bedside utility while adopting many of the technologic advances ushered in by the digital era. As a result, it boasts a broad and growing spectrum of application including routine use in primary cardiac diagnosis… View more

Imaging & Diagnostics
Author(s): Bruce L Macrum Added: 3 years ago
Both the art and the science of echocardiography have made tremendous strides in the 50 years since their earliest origins. In its modern-day form, echocardiography maintains a legacy of bedside utility while adopting many of the technologic advances ushered in by the digital era. As a result, it boasts a broad and growing spectrum of application including routine use in primary cardiac diagnosis… View more

Imaging & Diagnostics
Author(s): Jose Luis Zamorano Added: 3 years ago
2D echocardiography (2DE) is a common diagnostic and treatment planning tool in clinical cardiology, especially for the assessment of left ventricular (LV) volume and function. However, traditional 2DE is severely limited by its dependence on geometrical assumptions, which can lead to inaccuracies in volume quantification.1 Because 3D echocardiographic (3DE) imaging eliminates geometrical… View more

Imaging & Diagnostics
Author(s): Marti L McCulloch , Robert J Davis Added: 3 years ago
The cardiac imaging field has experienced significant improvements over the last decade due to technological advances. Cardiac computed tomography (CT), cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), nuclear cardiology, and echocardiography have all become feasible imaging modalities for physicians to evaluate in order to answer specific diagnostic questions. Each of the aforementioned modalities has… View more

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Imaging & Diagnostics
Author(s): Sahar S Abdelmoneim , Sharon L Mulvagh Added: 3 years ago
Several advances in the field of echocardiography have led to improvements in the accuracy of stress echocardiography (SE) and further strengthened its established diagnostic and prognostic role in patients with known or suspected coronary artery disease (CAD). 1,2 In addition to its role in CAD, SE can be used to assess the severity of valvular heart disease and for detection of occult pulmonary… View more

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Author(s): Ernesto E Salcedo Added: 3 years ago
A working definition of Heart Failure (HF) was recently conceptualized by the Heart Failure Society of America as: "a syndrome caused by cardiac dysfunction, generally resulting from myocardial muscle dysfunction or loss and characterized by LV dilation or hypertrophy. Whether the dysfunction is primarily systolic or diastolic or mixed, it leads to neurohormonal and circulatory abnormalities,… View more

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Heart Failure
Author(s): G Hamilton Baker , Girish S Shirali Added: 3 years ago
Congenital heart disease affects approximately 0.8% of the population.1 It is also estimated that there are approximately one million adults in the US living with some form of congenital heart disease.2 In daily practice, echocardiography is the most widely used imaging modality for diagnosis and evaluation of these patients. As medical technology has developed, this modality has continuously… View more

Imaging & Diagnostics

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