Recent advances in non-invasive cardiology

Recent Advances in Cardiology

Recent Advances in Nuclear Cardiology

Nuclear cardiology uses radioisotopes to study various aspects of cardiac pathophysiology. Using the techniques of SPECT (Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography) and PET (Positron Emission Tomography) one can study myocardial function, perfusion, metabolism, receptors, infarction, atherosclerosis, apoptosis and success of gene therapy. Gated Blood Pool (GBP / MUGA) studies provide an accura...

Recent advances in pediatric interventional cardiology

During the last 10 years, there have been major technological achievements in pediatric interventional cardiology. In addition, there have been several advances in cardiac imaging, especially in 3-dimensional imaging of echocardiography, computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, and cineangiography. Therefore, more types of congenital heart diseases can be treated in the cardiac catheter...

Recent Advances in the Non-invasive Diagnosis of Renal Osteodystrophy

Chronic kidney disease-mineral and bone disorder (CKD-MBD) is the term used to describe a constellation of biochemical abnormalities, bone disturbances that may lead to fractures, and extraskeletal calcification in soft tissues and arteries seen in CKD. This review focuses on the noninvasive diagnosis of renal osteodystrophy, the term used exclusively to define the bone pathology associated wit...

Recent Advances in Preventive Cardiology and Lifestyle Medicine Recent Advances in Preventive Cardiology and Lifestyle Medicine A Themed Series

Multifactorial risk factor modification and control, especially interventions designed to reduce total cholesterol, systolic blood pressure, smoking prevalence, overweight/ obesity, diabetes mellitus, and physical inactivity, can have a profound and favorable impact on decreasing the incidence of initial and recurrent cardiovascular events. Between 1980 and 2000, mortality rates from coronary h...