Colour Atlas of First Pass Functional Imaging of the Heart

Abstract

1. Technical notes.- 2. Functional imaging.- 3. Technical details of functional imaging involving patients, protocols and equipment.- 4. Systolic and diastolic functional imaging in evaluation of ischaemic heart disease.- 5. Functional imaging in ischaemic heart disease.- 6. Functional imaging in myocardial infarction.- 7. Functional imaging in left ventricular aneurysm.- 8. Regional left ventricular function after aortocoronary bypass surgery.- 9. Coronary angioplasty.- 10. Intracoronary thrombolysis in acute myocardial infarction.- 11. Functional imaging in cardiomyopathy.- 12. Functional imaging in mitral valve prolapse and non-specific left ventricular dysfunction.- 13. Functional imaging in aortic and mitral valve disease.- 14. First pass radionuclide studies in evaluation of mitral valve replacement in chronic insufficiency using Bjoerk-Shiley tilting disc valves.- 15. First pass radionuclide studies in evaluation of left and right ventricular function in patients with bioprosthetic mitral valve replacement after 9-11 years.- 16. Functional imaging of the rapid filling phase and regional systolic motion of the left ventricle after mitral valve reconstruction.- 17. First pass radionuclide studies in the evaluation of long term (up to 15 years) follow up of aortic valve replacement using Starr-Edwards ball prosthesis.- 18. Functional imaging in patients with cardiac pacing, atrial fibrillation and ventricular rhythm and conduction disorders.- 19. Functional imaging of the right heart in various clinical conditions including left to right shunts.- 20. Functional imaging after cardiac transplantation.- 21. Functional imaging of coronary flow by intracoronary injections.- References.