Cardiac Imaging

The cardiac imaging channel includes the modalities of computed tomography (CT), cardiac ultrasound (echocardiography), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), nuclear imaging (PET and SPECT), and angiography. 

Coronary CT angiography images of a coronary artery depicting the perivascular fat attenuation index (FAI) before and after biologic therapy at one-year follow-up. Patients had excellent response to biologic therapy, showing clear reductions in the inflammation in plaques that cause heart attacks and stokes. Image from the Oxford Academic Cardiovascular CT Core Lab and Lab of Inflammation and Cardiometabolic Diseases at NHLBI.
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Mark Ibrahim, M.D., FACC, assistant professor of medicine and radiology, associate program director, advanced cardiac ...

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Videos | CT Angiography (CTA)

Andrew Choi, M.D., FACC, FSCCT, co-director, cardiac CT and MRI, assistant professor of medicine and radiology, George ...

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Intelligent software solutions (aka deep learning, artifical intelligence, AI, machine learning), this seems to be ...

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Pierre Qian, MBBS, cardiac electrophysiologist fellow, Brigham and Women's Hospital, explains how his facility is ...

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Videos | Heart Valve Technology

Joao Cavalcante, M.D., FSCCT, director of structural heart CT and cardiac MRI, Minneapolis Heart Institute, discusses ...

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Arthur Agatston, M.D., clinical professor of medicine, Florida International University, Herbert Wertheim College of ...

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An example of FFR-CT imaging from Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, Mich. The left image shows a 3D generated image of the coronary tree from a CT scan evaluated with computational fluid dynamics to determine the FFR numbers. It shows a severe restriction of the left main artery which requires a stent to revacularize. The image on the right is a comparison with the invasive angiogram from the cath lab prior to stenting.
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One of the big trends in cardiac computed tomography (CT) imaging has been the introduction of noninvasive fractional ...

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July 24, 2019 — The West Virginia University (WVU) Heart and Vascular Institute is the first hospital in the country to ...

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With the advent and optimization of nuclear scintigraphy protocols using bone-avid radiotracers, cardiac amyloidosis caused by transthyretin protein (ATTR) can now be diagnosed noninvasively without a costly tissue biopsy. The radiotracer 99mTc-pyrophosphate (99mTc-PYP) binds to deposited ATTR amyloid fibrils in the myocardium and can be visualized using planar and SPECT imaging. The image shows how SPECT allows the reader to distinguish between blood pool activity and radiotracer uptake.
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Cardiac amyloidosis is a highly morbid and underdiagnosed infiltrative cardiomyopathy that is characterized by the ...

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Ron Blankstein, M.D., director of cardiac computed tomography, Brigham and Women's Hospital, and associate professor of ...

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Quynh Truong, M.D., MPH, associate professor of radiology and medicine at Weill Cornell and director of cardiac CT ...

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July 18, 2019 — Low doses of radiation equivalent to three computed tomography (CT) scans, which are considered safe ...

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