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Current Opinion in Cardiology. 30:483-492
Purpose of review Chest pain and myocardial ischemia are common features in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). This review addresses diagnostic roles of computed tomography and nuclear stress testing (NST) in patients with HCM. Recent f
Autor:
Patricia A. Pellikka
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Current Opinion in Cardiology. 20:395-398
PURPOSE OF REVIEW This review highlights recent progress in the quantitative approach to the interpretation of stress echocardiograms. Recent literature regarding the application of tissue Doppler and strain rate imaging for the diagnosis of coronary
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Current Opinion in Cardiology. 18:378-384
Short- and long-term survival after acute myocardial infarction mainly depends on three factors: the amount of myocardium that had become necrotic, the area of myocardium at further risk of becoming necrotic, and the patency of the infarct-related ar
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Current Opinion in Cardiology. 18:351-356
Assessment of myocardial ischemia and viability plays a crucial role in the clinical management of patients with coronary artery disease. Recently, cardiovascular MRI has emerged as an important noninvasive diagnostic modality in the assessment of co
Autor:
Heller Gv, Mansoor Mr
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Current Opinion in Cardiology. 12:571-580
Stress myocardial perfusion imaging has become a mainstay in the noninvasive assessment of patients with known or suspected coronary artery disease for several compelling reasons. Radionuclide myocardial perfusion imaging can be performed using a var
Autor:
John D. Rutherford
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Current Opinion in Cardiology. 11:428-433
Most patients with acute myocardial infarction do not receive or are ineligible for thrombolytic therapy, and thus their prognosis is worse than that of the populations studied in the major, randomized, lytic therapy trials. We need to devise a cost-
Autor:
Thomas H. Marwick
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Current Opinion in Cardiology. 10:619-625
Stress echocardiography has found acceptance as a routine technique for the diagnosis and evaluation of coronary artery disease. This review concentrates on recent advances in this technique. New approaches including contrast echocardiography, transe
Autor:
Todd D. Miller
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Current opinion in cardiology. 26(5)
PURPOSE OF REVIEW This review examines the diagnostic and prognostic performance of the standard exercise treadmill test (ETT) in comparison to stress imaging procedures. This topic is timely and relevant due to increasing healthcare expenditures and
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Current opinion in cardiology. 26(5)
Purpose of review Coronary artery disease (CAD) is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Several noninvasive imaging techniques such as stress echocardiography, stress nuclear studies, computed tomography coronary angiography, and, mos
Autor:
Francois Haddad, André Y. Denault, Euan A. Ashley, Alain Deschamps, Haissam Haddad, Bojan Vrtovec
Publikováno v:
Current opinion in cardiology. 26(2)
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Ventricular reserve is emerging a strong predictor of outcome in heart failure and cardiovascular disease. Ventricular reserve is the term used to describe the extent of increase or change in ventricular function that occurs during