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Myocardial Perfusion Imaging
Author(s):
Carmela Nappi
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Valeria Gaudieri
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Alberto Cuocolo
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3 years ago
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Author(s):
Benoy Nalin Shah
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Roxy Senior
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3 years ago
Myocardial revascularisation can improve or relieve angina pectoris in symptomatic patients and also improve prognosis in patients with severe left main stem disease, severe proximal left anterior descending (LAD) coronary disease or multi-vessel coronary artery disease (CAD).1–2 However, it is also widely accepted that the visual estimation of stenosis severity at the time of cardiac…
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Author(s):
W Kevin Tsai
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Kathleen M Holohan
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Kim Allan Williams
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3 years ago
Coronary artery disease (CAD) represents a tremendous financial and health burden as the leading cause of death in the US.1 Acute coronary syndrome and its subsequent manifestations, including heart failure and need for cardiac transplantation, are associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Hypertension, dyslipidemia, tobacco abuse, diabetes, chronic kidney disease, and family history…
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Author(s):
Jyrki T Kuikka
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3 years ago
Myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) using combined computed tomography (CT) and single-photon emission CT (SPECT) systems plays an important role in the management of patients with coronary artery disease (CAD).1–4 The method can be used to assess myocardial perfusion and left ventricular function simultaneously. It is an especially valuable tool for assessing short-term risk of CAD, thus…
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Author(s):
Mario Petretta
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Carmela Nappi
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Alberto Cuocolo
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3 years ago
The application of nuclear medicine techniques to cardiology is based on the identification of the functional consequences of coronary stenoses, i.e. of myocardial ischaemia. In nuclear cardiology, the evaluation of myocardial perfusion with single-photon-emission computed tomography (SPECT) is the most commonly performed procedure. The SPECT study is currently performed with electrocardiogram …
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Author(s):
Maria Grazia Modena
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Annachiara Nuzzo
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Rosario Rossi
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et al
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3 years ago
Women with angina but no obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD) at coronary angiography have long been considered a low-risk population.1–3 Instead, data from the Women‘s ischaemia syndrome evaluation (WISE) study4 demonstrated that persistent chest pain (PChP) – also in the absence of CAD – is not a benign condition. These patients experienced major cardiovascular (CV) events, such as…
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Author(s):
Mai Tone Lønnebakken
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Eva Gerdts
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3 years ago
Coronary artery disease (CAD) remains a diagnostic challenge, even though there are several diagnostic techniques available for the detection of ischaemia – assessed either as function or perfusion abnormalities or directly by demonstrating anatomical coronary stenoses.1 An overview of different non-invasive modalities used in the diagnosis of myocardial ischaemia and their average sensitivity…
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Author(s):
Andreas H Mahnken
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3 years ago
Over the last few decades, the rapid development of cardiac computed tomography (CT) has been unequalled by any other imaging technique. The driving forces behind cardiac multidetector-row CT (MDCT) are the enormous socioeconomic relevance of coronary artery disease (CAD) and the need for comprehensive, reliable and reproducible diagnostic tests that overcome the morbidity and mortality of…
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Prognostic Value of Stress Myocardial Single-photon-emission Computed Tomography in the Elderly
Author(s):
Santo Dellegrottaglie
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Pierluigi Costanzo
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Stefania Paolillo
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et al
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3 years ago
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