Cardiovascular Imaging A handbook for clinical practice - Part 7 pot

... hemodynamics. Conventional echocardiographic parameters Table 15.1 provides an overview on the available conventional parameters that are valuable for the assessment of dyssynchrony before CRT implantation and for ... resynchronization for severe heart failure: evaluation by tissue Doppler imaging. Circulation 2002;106:2 078 –84. 28 Bax JJ, Ansalone G, Breithardt OA, et al. Echocardio...

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... data sets in 274 patients after acute myocardial infarction, Miller et al. 3 found a significant association between infarct size and overall, as well as car- diac mortality at mid-term follow-up. 129 BCI11 ... seg- 120 Chapter 10 Table 10.1 Imaging techniques: advantages and limitations. Technique Advantage Limitation Conventional angiography Gold standard Invasive Risk Cost MRA Non-invas...

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... index. ISBN-13: 97 8-1 -4 05 1-3 13 1-5 (alk. paper) ISBN-10: 1-4 05 1-3 13 1-4 (alk. paper) 1. Heart — Imaging — Handbooks, manuals, etc. 2. Cardiovascular system — Imaging — Handbooks, manuals, etc. [DNLM: ... published 2005 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Cardiovascular imaging : a handbook for clinical practice / edited by Jeroen J. Bax...

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... 3 CSA LVOT VTI LVOT VTI As-Jet Stenotic valve AVA Figure 3 .7 Schematic diagram of the continuity equation to calculate the aortic valve area. AVA, aortic valve area; CSA, cross-sectional area; LVOT, left ventricular ... LVOT diameter measured from a parasternal long axis view for calculation of a circular cross-sectional area. 2 LVOT velocity measured with pulsed wave Doppler from an...

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... aorta, presence of pericardial fluid, evidence of end-organ ischemia, and can visualize the proximal third of the coronary ar- teries. 7 Intramural hematoma appears as a crescent-shaped, high-attenuation signal ... the mitral valve. BCI7 6/18/05 11: 17 AM Page 78 52 Chapter 5 Figure 5.1 A 69-year-old man presented with acute back pain and diaphoresis. Transesophageal echocardiography...

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... tests that are available to clinicians are based on the assessment of regional and global function, regional myocardial perfu- sion, myocardial metabolism, or coronary anatomy. The cardiovascular ... imaging variables on exercise or pharmacologic myocardial perfusion imaging that are associated with high-risk CAD and an increased probability of future cardiac events. A large amount...

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... coro- nary artery bypass graft patency, and anomalous coronary arteries. 5 Acute dyspnea 1 57 Figure 13.2 CMR (left) and X-ray (right) coronary angiography in a patient with high- grade proximal and ... diagnoses Acute dyspnea 159 Figure 13.4 Apical three-chamber transthoracic echocardiogram in an 83-year-old man with acute pulmonary edema 2 days after acute anterior myocardial infarction...

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... provides improved imaging of smaller masses, particularly in the atria, atrial appendages, or associated with valvular structures. Contrast-enhanced echocardiography improves visualization of intracardiac masses ... symptoms. Lipomas are typically located in the RA or atrial septum. They arise from the en- docardial surface and have a broad base of attachment. Lipomas have the same signal...

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... 11:09 AM Page 262 New imaging modalities Magnetic resonance imaging Magnetic resonance perfusion imaging (MRPI) using gadolinium-based con- trast agents has recently been validated as a clinical ... PM Page 244 CHAPTER 19 Evaluation of the transplanted heart Oberdan Parodi, Maria Frigerio, and Benedetta De Chiara Introduction Cardiac transplantation is an established treatment for...

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... with gadolinium-enhanced MRA. Congenital heart disease 279 Case Presentation 2 A 39-year-old man presented with TOF. At the age of 2 years, a palliative operation was undertaken (aortopulmonary Potts ... deformations may also be present. Catheter-driven angiography has clear advantages in imaging quality, but radiation burden and invasiveness are important drawbacks. Therefore, magneti...

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