KEY POINTS • In HF patients, CAD may be causal, contributory, or coincidental. The determination of the role of CAD in the patient’s cardiomyopathy is essential to determine the potential…
KEY POINTS • Myocardial metabolism is inherently and intimately related to cardiac function. • The heart is a metabolic omnivore that uses multiple different substrates for the generation of energy…
KEY POINTS • Radionuclide MPI using SPECT or PET techniques is a widely used approach to identify the presence of CAD-related perfusion abnormalities and assess LV function. • There exists…
KEY POINTS • Noninvasive imaging plays an important role in the evaluation of patients with new-onset HF. • Documentation of angiographic CAD is often a first-line test and is supported…
KEY POINTS • CVD is highly prevalent in patients with CKD. Both conditions seem to worsen each other’s prognosis and complicate most interventions. • The most common cause of death…
KEY POINTS • Heart disease remains the number one cause of death in women worldwide. • Compared with men, women with symptoms consistent with IHD often present without obstructive CAD…
KEY POINTS • CMD can be diagnosed invasively or through multiple noninvasive methods, including PET and CMR MPI and Doppler echocardiography. • CMD is highly prevalent in patients with concomitant…
KEY POINTS • Metabolic diseases are independently associated with increased CVD risk. • SPECT MPI is limited by soft-tissue attenuation in obese individuals; however, imaging techniques including prone and gated…
KEY POINTS • Nuclear imaging with PET and SPECT can be used to study the biologic mechanisms that underlie high-risk atherosclerotic plaque features. • High-risk plaque features targeted by nuclear…
KEY POINTS • Chest pain is one of the most common ED chief complaints and represents approximately 5% of all ED visits. • Although triage of low-risk and high-risk patients…
