Kaitlin B Baron,Andrew D Choi,Marcus Y Chen
Kaitlin B Baron
Coronary computed tomography (CT) allows for the acquisition of thin slices of the heart and coronary arteries, which can be used to detect and quantify coronary artery calcium (CAC), a marker of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. Desp...
Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography Derived Fractional Flow Reserve and Plaque Stress [0.03%]
基于冠状动脉CT血管造影的血流储备分数和斑块应力
Bjarne Linde Nørgaard,Jonathon Leipsic,Bon-Kwon Koo et al.
Bjarne Linde Nørgaard et al.
Fractional flow reserve (FFR) measured during invasive coronary angiography is an independent prognosticator in patients with coronary artery disease and the gold standard for decision making in coronary revascularization. The integration o...
Cardiac CT vs. Stress Testing in Patients with Suspected Coronary Artery Disease: Review and Expert Recommendations [0.03%]
冠心病疑似患者的心脏CT与压力测试比照研究及专家建议
Amir Ali Rahsepar,Armin Arbab-Zadeh
Amir Ali Rahsepar
Diagnosis and management of coronary artery disease represent a major challenge to our health care systems affecting millions of patients each year. Until recently, the diagnosis of coronary artery disease could be conclusively determined o...
Real-Time Three-Dimensional Echocardiographic Assessment of Severity of Mitral Regurgitation Using Proximal Isovelocity Surface Area and Vena Contracta Area Method. Lessons We Learned and Clinical Implications [0.03%]
实时三维超声心动图评价二尖瓣反流程度的近端等速度面面积和收缩期瓣口狭小面积方法的临床应用价值及经验教训
Thomas Buck,Björn Plicht
Thomas Buck
Mitral regurgitation (MR) is considered the most common valve disease with a prevalence of 2-3 % of significant regurgitation (moderate to severe and severe) in the general population. Accurate assessment of the severity of regurgitation wa...
Cardiovascular Imaging for the Primary Prevention of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Events [0.03%]
动脉粥样硬化性心血管疾病事件初发预防的心脏影像学检测
Lauren A Weber,Michael K Cheezum,Jason M Reese et al.
Lauren A Weber et al.
Traditional cardiovascular risk factors have well-known limitations for the accurate assessment of individual cardiovascular risk. Unlike risk factor-based scores which rely on probabilistic calculations derived from population-based studie...
Patric Biaggi,Covadonga Fernandez-Golfín,Rebecca Hahn et al.
Patric Biaggi et al.
Fusion of different imaging modalities has gained increasing popularity over the last decade. However, most fusions are done between static rather than dynamic images. In order to adequately visualize the complex three-dimensional structure...
The Role of Cardiac MRI in Patients with Troponin-Positive Chest Pain and Unobstructed Coronary Arteries [0.03%]
肌钙蛋白阳性冠脉正常的胸痛患者的磁共振心脏成像检查的作用
Amardeep Ghosh Dastidar,Jonathan C L Rodrigues,Nauman Ahmed et al.
Amardeep Ghosh Dastidar et al.
Acute coronary syndrome (ACS) still remains one of the leading causes of mortality and morbidity worldwide. Seven to fifteen percent of patients presenting with ACS have unobstructed coronary artery disease (CAD) on urgent angiography. Pati...
Value of Hybrid Imaging with PET/CT to Guide Percutaneous Revascularization of Chronic Total Coronary Occlusion [0.03%]
PET/CT融合影像技术在慢性完全性冠状动脉闭塞经皮再血管化治疗中的价值
Wijnand J Stuijfzand,Pieter G Raijmakers,Roel S Driessen et al.
Wijnand J Stuijfzand et al.
Chronic total coronary occlusions (CTO) are documented in approximately one fifth of diagnostic invasive coronary angiographies (ICA). Percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) of CTO are challenging and are accompanied by higher complicati...
Dustin M Thomas,Sanjay Divakaran,Todd C Villines et al.
Dustin M Thomas et al.
Coronary artery calcium (CAC) testing and coronary computed tomography angiography (CTA) have significant data supporting their ability to identify coronary artery disease (CAD) and classify patient risk for atherosclerotic cardiovascular d...
Yasumi Uchida,Yasuto Uchida
Yasumi Uchida
Novel imaging techniques using biomarkers have clarified the mechanisms of hitherto unanswered or misunderstood phenomena of coronary artery disease and enabled evaluation of myocardial blood and tissue fluid flows in vivo. Dye-staining cor...