Method Advantages Disadvantages Epifluorescence Fast Poor axial and lateral resolution Lower photobleaching than confocal Limited to thin tissues Limited control of excitation wavelength Spinning disk confocal (SDCM) Fast Low excitation…
Fig. 3.1 Macrophage imaging in hyperlipidemic rabbits 6 months after balloon injury of the aorta. (a) MR images taken 72 h after intravenous administration of the USPIO MION-47. MION-47 administration…
Chapter 16 Evaluation of Intracardiac Masses Elisa Zaragosa-Macias, Edward A. Gill Introduction Perhaps no finding on echocardiography creates a bigger diagnostic challenge than the presence of an intracardiac mass. This…
Chapter 7 Planning and Guiding Mitral Valve Repair Gary S. Mak, Judy Hung Introduction Mitral valve prolapse is the most common structural cause of chronic mitral regurgitation leading to surgery…
Chapter 17 Use of the Cropping Tool to Show Structures of Interest Alicia A. Bourne, Terese Tognazzi-Evans, Rachel Karl, Denise McRee, Eric J. Sisk, Edward A. Gill Summary This chapter…
Chapter 13 Assessment of Right Ventricular Function Florence H. Sheehan, Mary-Pierre Waiss The right ventricle (RV) is often overlooked because most cardiologists focus their attention on the left ventricle (LV)….
Chapter 8 Prosthetic Heart Valves G. Burkhard Mackensen, Renata G. Ferreira, Edward A. Gill Introduction Although echocardiography is the imaging modality of choice for cardiac heart valves, it still has…
Chapter 1 Historical Perspective on Three-Dimensional Echocardiography Edward A. Gill, Berthold Klas Introduction Three-dimensional echocardiography (3DE) has been in existence since the 1970s, albeit with images that barely resembled a…
Chapter 14 Guidance of Catheter-Based Cardiac Interventions Nicole M. Bhave, Roberto M. Lang Over the past 2 decades, percutaneous interventions for structural heart disease have become increasingly common. Interventional cardiologists…
Chapter 9 Tricuspid Valve Alicia A. Bourne, Edward A. Gill Introduction The tricuspid valve is the largest of the four heart valves and ranges from 4 to 6 cm2 in area….
