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Author(s):
Lindsay A Smith
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Amit Bhan
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Mark J Monaghan
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3 years ago
The field of non-coronary cardiac intervention is undergoing rapid expansion, driven by advances in technology and increasing demand for alternative, non-surgical therapies for common structural heart diseases. As a result, the volume, variety and complexity of percutaneous catheter-based procedures being performed in cardiac catheterisation laboratories are increasing. Traditionally, fluoroscopy…
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Author(s):
Michael H Picard
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3 years ago
Non-invasive imaging of the heart continues to evolve and improve. Cardiovascular ultrasound (echocardiography) continues to play an important role in the diagnosis and assessment of responses to therapy of many cardiac conditions. Even as the clinical applications of newer techniques such as cardiac computed tomography (CT) and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMRI) increase, the role of…
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Mitralign Percutaneous Annuloplasty System for the Treatment of Functional Mitral Regurgitation
Author(s):
Lazar Mandinov
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Federico M Asch
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Eberhard Grube
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3 years ago
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Author(s):
Jose Luis Zamorano
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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…
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Author(s):
Mauro Pepi
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Adam Staron
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Gloria Tamborini
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3 years ago
Progress in 3D echocardiography was slow in the 1980s and 1990s, due mainly to technical reasons. Recently, along with the rapid evolution in probe and computer technologies, 3D echocardiography has grown into a well-developed technique that is able to display images of the heart that contain important new tissue and morphological information. This new technique is simple and rapid and enables…
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Author(s):
Jos RTC Roelandt
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3 years ago
Although 2-D echocardiography (2DE) was a major step forwards for the non-invasive assessment of cardiac structure and function, the diagnosis of complex disorders remained a difficult mental conceptualisation process. In addition, the measurement of left ventricular (LV) volume and function, the most common referral reason for echocardiography, required important geometric assumptions about its…
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Author(s):
Rosa Sicari
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Lauro Cortigiani
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3 years ago
In 2007, the American College of Cardiology Foundation (ACCF), in partnership with the American Society of Echocardiography, published appropriateness criteria for transthoracic echocardiography (TTE)1 and, a year later, appropriateness criteria for stress echocardiography.2 Both sets of criteria have been updated and combined into a single, recently published document.3 It remains a work in…
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Author(s):
Roxy Senior
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3 years ago
Introduction
In the UK there is still an emphasis on coronary anatomy as currently assessed using coronary angiography; however, high-grade coronary lesion may not cause myocardial ischaemia, for example in the presence of extensive collateral vessels. Dynamic imaging to show the physiological effect of any coronary stenosis is therefore an important part of the investigation of patients with…
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Author(s):
Nico Bruining
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3 years ago
With the continuous growth of computer networks in hospitals and, more importantly, the possibilities for contacting other hospitals and healthcare providers by high-speed internet, plus the demand for faster diagnosis and cost-reductions, the interest for tele-medicine is increasing. The definition of tele-cardiology is: “the use of cardiovascular information exchanged from one site to another…
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Author(s):
Roxy Senior
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3 years ago
Introduction
In the UK there is still an emphasis on coronary anatomy as currently assessed using coronary angiography; however, high-grade coronary lesion may not cause myocardial ischaemia, for example in the presence of extensive collateral vessels. Dynamic imaging to show the physiological effect of any coronary stenosis is therefore an important part of the investigation of patients with…
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