INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen In the past three decades, a great body of literature has established the use of radionuclide myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI), for risk stratification in patients with…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Coronary artery calcium (CAC) scoring and cardiac computed tomographic angiography (CCTA) are comparatively new noninvasive imaging modalities that have experienced a rapid accumulation of scientific evidence…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen There has been a significant growth in hybrid single-photon emission computed tomography and computed tomography (SPECT–CT) and positron emission tomography computed tomography (PET–CT) systems over the…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Cardiovascular magnetic resonance is an advanced noninvasive cardiovascular imaging technique that has become well established but continues to evolve. It has some advantages over SPECT myocardial…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen The noninvasive assessment of resting left ventricular (LV) performance is an integral part of the evaluation of patients with known or suspected cardiac disease, having important…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Exercise electrocardiography testing has been a valuable noninvasive tool for many decades in the evaluation of patients with suspected or known coronary artery disease (CAD) and…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Nuclear cardiology in its over 40 years of use has grown to one of the most utilized and performed medical procedures in the United States, with…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen In the last 40 years, there has been a dramatic decline in cardiovascular mortality. Over the past decade alone, the rate of death attributable to cardiovascular…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Despite many advances in therapy, chronic heart failure remains a prevalent condition with a high mortality rate.1 The successful treatment of heart failure patients requires establishing…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death worldwide. Of the 200 million patients who undergo noncardiac surgery each year the world over, approximately 10 million…
