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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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Author(s):
Andreas H Mahnken
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Joachim E Wildberger
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Peter R Seidensticker
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3 years ago
Coronary artery disease (CAD) represents a relevant economic burden to modern medicine. In 2003 more than 1.41 million diagnostic coronary angiograms and an additional 1.24 million percutaneous coronary angioplasties were performed in the US alone.1 While coronary angiography is considered the gold standard for diagnosing CAD, several non-invasive techniques have been evaluated for assessing CAD…
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Cardiac Computed Tomography
Author(s):
Alan S Katz
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3 years ago
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Author(s):
Bruno Passaretti
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Paolo Sganzerla
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Elena Lucca
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et al
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3 years ago
The presence of electrical dyssynchrony (which following an electrocardiogram can be visualised as a left bundle branch block [LBBB]) is an indication for biventricular pacing if it is associated with systolic dysfunction (ejection fraction [EF] <35%) and dyspnoea in New York Heart Association (NYHA) class II–IV. In the great majority of patients, biventricular pacing determines a significant…
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Author(s):
Lukas Lehmkuhl
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Matthias Gutberlet
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Stefan Nitzsche
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et al
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3 years ago
Since the introduction of multislice computed tomography (MSCT) in 1998, non-invasive cardiac imaging has developed rapidly. In the recent past, two different objectives can be observed in the technological development of cardiac MSCT. On the one hand, the number of detector rows was increased up to 320 in single-source scanners in order to ensure simultaneous coverage of the entire heart with a…
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Author(s):
Jean-François Paul
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3 years ago
In the clinical management of patients with complex congenital heart disease (CHD), accurate 3D evaluation of their morphological conditions is critical. 3D imaging should demonstrate the shape and spatial relation of great arteries, proximal branch pulmonary arteries and anomalous pulmonary venous or systemic connections, and eventually coronary artery course. 3D information on extra-cardiac…
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Author(s):
Brage H Amundsen
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Anders Thorstensen
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Asbjørn Støylen
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3 years ago
Cardiovascular imaging is a rapidly growing area, where technological development combined with clinicians’ demand for optimal visualisation of the heart might lead us to a situation where costs are high and evidence is sparse. Applying the correct imaging modality is thus an important task in clinical practice. The aim of this article is to discuss the present and future potential of deformation…
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Cardiac Computed Tomography - Cardiologists and Radiologists - Together Is Better for Patients
Author(s):
Hug Cuéllar-Calàbria
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Río Aguilar-Torres
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3 years ago
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Author(s):
Eric Larose
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Olivier F Bertrand
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3 years ago
Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) has found widespread use as an important tool in the cardiologists' armamentarium for several years now, mainly because of superior diagnostic accuracy and ability to perform complete anatomical and functional assessment in a single study without ionising radiation. The following will summarise specific uses of CMR for the interventional cardiologist.
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Author(s):
Prabhakar Rajiah
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Milind Y Desai
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3 years ago
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has become an important non-invasive imaging modality in the evaluation of cardiovascular diseases because of advances in scanner hardware, coil technology, parallel-imaging techniques and MRI sequences, all of which facilitate the rapid acquisition of high-quality images. Several scientific studies validated the use of MRI in cardiovascular diseases and showed…
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