Background—Postconditioning has been suggested to reduce myocardial damage during
primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI) in patients with ST-segment–elevation …

Background Between 1990 and 2006, there was a large national increase in utilization of
single-photon emission computed tomography myocardial perfusion imaging (SPECT) for …

Recent advances in molecular and cellular biology have markedly changed our
understanding of the heart, and this is having tremendous ramifications for the clinician. This …

Late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) and myocardial perfusion study by cardiac magnetic
resonance (CMR) have a diagnostic and prognostic value in patients with suspected …

Intracoronary ultrasound (ICUS) is an interventional imaging modality that is used to acquire
a series of tomographic images from the vascular lumen, for diagnosis and treatment of …

OBJECTIVE. The purpose of this article is to study recent utilization trends in coronary CT
angiography (CTA) and compare them with radionuclide myocardial perfusion imaging …

В работе рассмотрены различные методы лечения ишемической болезни сердца и
острого инфаркта миокарда. Некоторые из этих методов основаны на улучшении …

In cardiovascular imaging, every year there are exciting new findings and advances. This
was also obvious at the Swiss Society of Cardiology Meeting 2008 in Berne. In this article …

Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) is a minimally invasive surgery in
the clinical treatment of coronary artery diseases. The successful operation highly depends …

Hintergrund-Erkrankungen des Herz-Kreislaufsystems stellen in Deutschland eine große
Herausforderung dar, sowohl medizinisch als auch ökonomisch. Neben dem …