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Advanced Non-invasive Imaging Techniques - Nuclear Imaging
Nuclear cardiology studies allow for the detection of abnormal blood flow to the heart muscle, as well as the assessment of the pumping function of...
An Update on Carotid Stent Trials and Perspectives
Strokes are frequently devastating events with potentially fatal complications and significant disability, resulting in a major impact on the...
An Update on Patent Foramen Ovale Closure
As an intra-cardiac right-to-left shunt, the patent foramen ovale (PFO) has gained attention over the last two decades because of its potential...
Artificial Intelligence Techniques in Nuclear Cardiology
A Schematic View of Nuclear Cardiology ImagingFigure 1 presents a schematic view of the steps involved in the performance, analysis, and...
Beyond the Apnea-Hypopnea Index-Prognostic Value of Other Elements of Polysomnography to Describe Sleep-disordered Breathing in Heart Failure
A growing appreciation of the prevalence of sleep breathing disorders, especially as comorbidities of disease syndromes such as chronic heart...
Cardiac Imaging for Assessment of Left Ventricular Thrombus
Accurate detection of left ventricular (LV) thrombus affects clinical outcomes and therapeutic management, as thrombus provides a substrate for...
Carotid Endarterectomy versus Endovascular Stent Placement as Therapy for Symptomatic Carotid Artery Disease
Stroke-related morbidity and mortality remain unacceptably high. Recent estimates suggest that it accounts for approximately one out of every 17...
Characteristics of Adiponectin and Coronary Plaque – An Intravascular Ultrasound Study
Adiponectin is thought to be involved in foam cell transformation. Although extensively studied, lipid accumulation in the vessel wall is...
Clinical Implications of the SYNTAX Study
Coronary artery disease (CAD) is the predominant cause of heart disease and the leading cause of death worldwide. In recent decades revolutionary...
Contrast-induced Nephropathy in a High-risk Patient Population
CIN typically develops within 24.72 hours post-exposure to contrast medium, with renal function returning to baseline level in two weeks.8-10 The...
Cost-effectiveness of Gadofosveset in the Management of Patients with Symptomatic Peripheral Arterial Occlusive Disease
Both non-invasive and invasive diagnostic procedures are used to confirm the diagnosis of PAOD and to decide on the best method of patient management...
Developments in 3D Echocardiography
2D echocardiography (2DE) is a common diagnostic and treatment planning tool in clinical cardiology, especially for the assessment of left...
Developments in Endovascular Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Treatment
Since its inception in the early 1990s, endovascular repair (EVR) of aneurysms has been subjected to analysis in several randomised ontrolled...
Drug Interactions in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension and Their Implications
Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) has an estimated prevalence of 15–25 cases/million population.1This chronic, progressive diseaseis defined by...
Drug-eluting Stents-Issues and Developments
Drug-eluting stents (DES) have revolutionized the field of interventional cardiology. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is expecting that the...
Ethnic Differences in Myocardial Perfusion Imaging-Identifying Patients at Higher Risk
This has led to increased disparity between certain subgroups, a challenge recognized in the Healthy People 2010 Objectives. 4 Early detection of CAD...
Iodinated Contrast Media – A Safety Review
The rapid development of percutaneous coronary and peripheral vascular interventional technologies, as well as non-invasive computed tomography...
Magnetic Resonance Imaging for the Interventional Cardiologist
The evaluation of ischaemic heart disease requires the measurement of regional and global ventricular function, identification of the presence and...
Multislice Computed Tomography Coronary Angiography
Multislice Computed Tomography Coronary Angiography – Basics3–8Computed Tomography Coronary Angiography – Temporal and Spatial Resolution A...
New Developments in Nuclear Cardiac Imaging
BackgroundThe introduction of the gamma camera in 1965 paved the way in 1973 for the use of Potassium-43 (K-43) for myocardial perfusion imaging, a...
