Non-invasive cardiac imaging is pivotal for the diagnosis and decision making of patients with cardiovascular diseases. Recent innovations in echocardiography, nuclear imaging, computed tomography, and cardiac magnetic resonance have provided novel pathophysiological insights that may impact on the clinical management of patients. The current review provides a summary of selected articles on te...

Background Cardiac nuclear stress perfusion imaging is subject to artifact related to obesity, breast attenuation and diaphragm overlap. These factors are responsible for “false positive” results among patients undergoing evaluation for coronary atherosclerosis, leading to potentially unnecessary invasive coronary arteriography. Cardiac MRI adenosine stress perfusion imaging is unaffected by bo...

Different animal models have been used to reproduce coronary heart disease, but in recent years mice have become the animals of choice, because of their short life cycle and the possibility of genetic manipulation. Various techniques are currently used for cardiovascular imaging in mice, including high-resolution ultrasound, X-ray computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging and nuclear...

Background Cardiac tumors are rare, with estimated prevalence of 0.002-0.3% at autopsy. Symptoms and prognosis of cardiac tumors depend on size, location, and intrinsic aggressiveness. Cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging is non-invasive and offers unsurpassed soft-tissue characterization. In this study, we sought to examine the CMR imaging of various cardiac tumors and identify radiologic ...

Right heart catheterization remains necessary for the diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension and, therefore, prognostic evaluation patients with chronic failure. The non-invaSive Assessment Pulmonary vasculoPathy in Heart failure (SAPPHIRE) study was designed to assess feasibility and relevance a non-invasive artery vasculature hypertension. Patients will undergo right catheterization, cardiac res...

Coronary artery disease (CAD) is a leading cause of mortality and morbidity in most developed countries [1]. CAD is a common and sometimes disabling disorder, although medication therapy, percutaneous coronary intervention and coronary artery bypass grafting have developed recently. Medical doctors need to prevent from developing acute coronary syndrome. The development of non-invasive cardiac ...

trauma is the leading cause of death in united states in the younger population. cardiac trauma is common following blunt chest injuries and is associated with high morbidity and mortality. this study discusses various multidetector computed tomography (mdct) findings of cardiac trauma. cardiac injuries are broadly categorized into the most commonly occurring blunt cardiac injury and the less c...

Background Stress cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging has become a promising non-invasive technique that is being increasingly used to evaluate acute coronary syndrome (ACS) patients. Specifically, lowand intermediate-risk ACS patients require non-invasive imaging for risk stratification, unlike high-risk ACS patients whom may receive invasive coronary angiography (ICA) directly. This stud...