Imaging & Diagnostics

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A number of imaging technologies with overlapping capabilities are available, including echocardiography, cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging, nuclear cardiology, X-ray computed tomography, positron emission tomography and vascular ultrasound.

Imaging technologies play a substantial role in the implantation of pacemakers and implantable cardioverter-defibrillators, cardiac resynchronisation therapy and catheter ablation procedures.

Articles

New Echocardiographic Modalities in the Detection and Monitoring of Heart Failure -The Clinical Potential of Speckle-tracking Technology

Citation:

European Cardiovascular Disease 2007;3(1):115–8

Current Perspective for Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Heart Failure

The Expanding Role of Echocardiography in Patients with Heart Failure

Citation:

US Cardiology 2004;1(1):53-6

3-D Echocardiography - An Emerging Giant in the Treatment of Heart Failure

Citation:

US Cardiology 2007;4(1):50–2