1. Current and future trends in multimodality imaging of coronary artery disease
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Gerardo Yoshiaki Guinto-Nishimura, Roberto Cano-Zarate, Luis Eduardo Juarez-Orozco, Andrea G. Monroy-Gonzalez, Juan Carlos De La Fuente-Mancera, Erick Alexanderson-Rosas, Mariano Oropeza-Aguilar, Alejandro Francisco Barrero-Mier, Aloha Meave-González, and Jose Raul Cruz-Mendoza
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cardiovascular computed tomography ,medicine.medical_specialty ,positron emission tomography ,Perfusion scanning ,Coronary Artery Disease ,myocardial viability ,Single-photon emission computed tomography ,Multimodal Imaging ,multimodality imaging ,single photon emission computed tomography ,Coronary artery disease ,cardiovascular magnetic resonance ,hybrid imaging ,Myocardial scarring ,Internal Medicine ,medicine ,Humans ,future trends ,Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,business.industry ,Magnetic resonance imaging ,General Medicine ,medicine.disease ,Magnetic Resonance Imaging ,Cardiac PET ,Positron emission tomography ,Positron-Emission Tomography ,Radiology ,medicine.symptom ,Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine ,business ,Tomography, X-Ray Computed ,Preclinical imaging - Abstract
Nowadays, there is a wide array of imaging studies available for the evaluation of coronary artery disease, each with its particular indications and strengths. Cardiac single photon emission tomography is mostly used to evaluate myocardial perfusion, having experienced recent marked improvements in image acquisition. Cardiac PET has its main utility in perfusion imaging, atherosclerosis and endothelial function evaluation, and viability assessment. Cardiovascular computed tomography has long been used as a reference test for non-invasive evaluation of coronary lesions and anatomic characterization. Cardiovascular magnetic resonance is currently the reference standard for non-invasive ventricular function evaluation and myocardial scarring delineation. These specific strengths have been enhanced with the advent of hybrid equipment, offering a true integration of different imaging modalities into a single, simultaneous and comprehensive study.
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- 2015