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Imaging and Heart Failure

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The imaging techniques have an important role in the heart failure evaluation, not only because the diagnosis but also because they can guide treatment and provide valuable prognostic information. From the simple chest radiography until the new Multi-Detector cardiac computed tomography and cardiac magnetic resonance, nowadays, we have several techniques to choose. As long as each one of them has its strengths and weaknesses, the decision of which is the information desired from the exam should be one of the first steps to make the choice. The main modalities available will be reviewed here in terms of what they can provide and how it can help in the heart failure context.

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Abbreviations

2D–Echo:

Two-dimensional Echocardiography

3D–Echo:

Two-dimensional Echocardiography

CAD:

Coronary artery disease

CCT:

Cardiac computed tomography

CMR:

Cardiac magnetic resonance

CRT:

Cardiac resynchronization therapy

EF:

Ejection fraction

HF:

Heart Failure

LA:

Left atria

LV:

Left ventricle

LVEF:

Left ventricular ejection fraction

MRI:

Magnetic resonance imaging

PET:

Positron emission tomography

RV:

Right ventricle

RVG:

Radionucleotide ventriculography

SPECT:

Single-photon emission computed tomography

ST:

Speckle tracking

TDI:

Tissue Doppler Imaging

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    Gustavo Jardim Volpe MD, PhD

  2. Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, 600 North Wolfe Street/Blalock 524, Baltimore, MD, 21287, USA

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Volpe, G.J., Lima, J.A.C. (2017). Imaging and Heart Failure. In: Eisen, H. (eds) Heart Failure. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-4219-5_3

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