Frontiers in Noninvasive Cardiac Mapping

Noninvasive cardiac imaging.

Noninvasive cardiac imaging can be used for the diagnostic and prognostic assessment of patients with suspected or known coronary artery disease. It is central to the treatment of patients with myocardial infarction, coronary artery disease, or acute coronary syndromes with or without angina. Radionuclide cardiac imaging; echocardiography; and, increasingly, cardiac computed tomography and card...

Extending the frontiers of cardiac magnetic resonance.

Inflammation is a common reaction in biological systems, which develops, for example, to defend the body against infectious agents, to repair tissue, and to respond to ischemic insults. It can also be a disease process in itself, as in autoimmune diseases. Flögel et al1 describe a novel, elegant, and noninvasive approach to inflammatory mechanisms at a cellular level. The noninvasive nature of ...

Noninvasive Imaging of Cardiac Electrophysiology

Noninvasive imaging of cardiac electrophysiology is still a major goal despite all recent technical innovations. This review gives an overview about the historical background, recent developments and possible future applications of noninvasive imaging of cardiac electrophysiology.

Introduction to Noninvasive Cardiac Imaging

Noninvasive cardiac imaging refers to a combination of methods that can be used to obtain images related to the structure and function of the heart. As opposed to invasive techniques, which require catheters to be inserted into the heart, noninvasive tests are easier to perform, are safe, and can be used to detect various heart conditions, ranging from plaque in the arteries that supply the hea...

Repolarization Changes Underlying Long-Term Cardiac Memory Due to Right Ventricular Pacing: Noninvasive Mapping with ECGI