PATIENT STORY Print Section Listen A 32-year-old woman presented for evaluation of decreasing exercise tolerance and a loud heart murmur. On physical examination, she had a fixed split second heart…
PATIENT STORY Print Section Listen A 23-year-old man was seen for difficult-to-control hypertension. On initial presentation he had a blood pressure (BP) of 160/90 mm Hg. Despite initiation of multiple…
ATRIAL SEPTAL DEFECTS Print Section Listen PATIENT STORY A 35-year-old woman presented to the Adult Congenital Heart Disease Clinic 1 month after successful caesarean section (C-section) of her second child….
A GROWING POPULATION Print Section Listen Congenital heart disease (CHD) is the most common birth defect with an incidence ranging from 4 to 50/1000 live births, a range that is…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen There has been a worldwide increase in implantation of cardiovascular devices, including cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIED), valve prostheses, left ventricular assist devices (LVAD), and vascular…
ABBREVIATIONS Print Section Listen | Download (.pdf) | Print 18FDG 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose CAD coronary artery disease EF ejection fraction LAD left anterior descending LCX left circumflex LV left ventricular PET positron…
CARDIAC SARCOIDOSIS Print Section Listen Clinical Need: Current Assessment and Supportive Data Sarcoidosis is a multisystem inflammatory disease of unknown etiology that affects young men and women, typically before the…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen The utility of myocardial viability imaging hinges on the premise that recovery of left ventricular (LV) function in ischemic heart disease can be achieved through coronary…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen The heart consumes more energy than any other organ in order to maintain its contractile performance.1 The healthy myocardium possesses the superb ability to utilize a…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen PET instrumentation has undergone several incremental improvements in recent years. This chapter will discuss recent technology advances for PET/CT and PET/MR, which include improved sensitivity, new…
