Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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3019589 | Revista Española de Cardiología Suplementos | 2009 | 22 Pages |
Abstract
This article contains a review of the most important publications on cardiac imaging that have appeared during 2008. During the year, we assisted with the clinical implementation of three-dimensional realtime transesophageal echocardiography, with the use of echocardiography for selecting patients for and monitoring those who underwent percutaneous aortic valve replacement (the majority of centers performing the technique were still in the learning phase), and with the emergence in the clinic of techniques for studying myocardial deformation. Also reviewed are the most significant developments in the application of echocardiography to coronary heart disease and cardiac resynchronization therapy and in 2 other techniques whose use is constantly increasing: cardiac magnetic resonance and multidetector cardiac computed tomography. The review ends with a description of the current state of the art in contrast echocardiography, with particular emphasis on safety in the context of recommendations made by the US Food and Drug Administration at the end of 2007.
Keywords
DAVDECMTomografía computarizada cardiacaDTIdisplasia arritmogénica de ventrículo derechoCACTRCechocardiographyEcocardiografíaecocardiografía transesofágicaEcocardiografía de estrésventrículo derechoventrículo izquierdoCardiopatía isquémicaETEMagnetic resonance imagingTomografía Computarizadacomputed tomographyDoppler tisularTerapia de resincronización cardiacaCardiac resynchronization therapyaurícula izquierdaCardiorresonancia magnéticaresonancia magnética cardiacaecocardiografía tridimensionalThree-dimensional echocardiographyarterias coronariasCoronary arteriesTAPSEInsuficiencia cardiacaheart failureStrain rateCalcium scoreECiContrast echocardiography
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Authors
Sonia Velasco del Castillo, RÃo Aguilar Torres, Juan C. Paré Bardera,