This outstanding article should be carefully reviewed in its entirety. I simply included the outline in this post so that readers could see what the article covers.
Today, I link to and excerpt from The American Society Of Echocardiography’s Non-Invasive Imaging in Coronary Syndromes: Recommendations of The European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging and the American Society of
Echocardiography, in Collaboration with The American Society of Nuclear Cardiology, Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography, and Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance [No abstract available] [Full-Text PDF]. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2022 Jan 24;23(2):e6-e33. doi: 10.1093/ehjci/jeab244.
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OUTLINE
Preamble
Background
+ Definition and pathophysiology of coronary artery disease— basic concepts relevant to non-invasive imaging
+ Epidemiology—focused towards the pre-test probability of CAD and Bayesian predictive models
+ Clinical role of imaging and current guidelines for chronic coronary syndromes
+ Clinical role of imaging and current guidelines for acute coronary syndromes
Overview of imaging methods in CAD
+ Anatomical vs. functional imaging
+ Echocardiography
+ Computed tomography
+ SPECT and PET nuclear imaging
+ Cardiovascular magnetic resonance
Diagnosis of acute coronary syndromes and the role of imaging
+ Left ventricular function assessment
+ Myocardial perfusion imaging
+ Coronary artery anatomy
+ Myocardial scar and Edema assessment
+ Differential diagnosis in acute chest pain
+ Risk stratification after revascularization
Diagnosis of chronic coronary syndromes—the role of imaging
+ Left ventricular function assessment
+ Myocardial ischemia assessment
+ Assessment of coronary artery stenosis
+ Myocardial viability and scar assessment
+ Risk stratification in chronic coronary syndromes
Conclusions and future directions



