TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Cardiovascular Imaging A1 - Marwick, Thomas H. A1 - Narula, Jagat A2 - Fuster, Valentin A2 - Narula, Jagat A2 - Vaishnava, Prashant A2 - Leon, Martin B. A2 - Callans, David J. A2 - Rumsfeld, John S. A2 - Poppas, Athena Y1 - 2022 N1 - T2 - Fuster and Hurst's The Heart, 15e AB - Chapter SummaryThe modern era of cardiovascular disease management is based on imaging. This chapter seeks to introduce the common imaging modalities—addressing the fundamental imaging considerations of temporal, spatial, and contrast resolution, as well as the underlying pathophysiology examined by each test—and provide the methodology and applications of each technique. Details of test performance are provided in the relevant chapters about disease entities. The main goals of cardiac imaging are the anatomic and functional assessment of the cardiac chambers, valves, great vessels, and coronary arteries. Multiple methodologies are now able to address each one of these goals. We thus risk duplication if we employ the approach of layering multiple tests, particularly when testing begins with a “generic” test, such as a chest x-ray, echocardiogram, or functional test for ischemia. Of course, in a patient with undifferentiated symptoms, this approach is unavoidable. However, given that most cardiovascular diseases are chronic and recurrent, specific questions may arise at particular times. In these settings, selecting a more advanced test that also provides generic information is desirable (see Fuster and Hurst’s Central Illustration). SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1202441346 ER -