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Imaging techniques in atherosclerosis

Carlos Escobar Cervantes1, Leopoldo Pérez de Isla2

  • 1Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital La Paz, Madrid, España.

Clinica E Investigacion En Arteriosclerosis : Publicacion Oficial De La Sociedad Espanola De Arteriosclerosis
|May 10, 2021
PubMed

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Cardiovascular imaging offers non-invasive assessment of coronary atherosclerosis, simplifying disease detection and extent evaluation across arterial territories. These techniques are crucial for diagnosing and predicting outcomes in cardiovascular patients.

Area of Science:

  • Cardiology
  • Medical Imaging
  • Atherosclerosis Research

Background:

  • Coronary atherosclerosis management has been transformed by cardiovascular imaging.
  • Non-invasive techniques simplify the assessment of atherosclerotic disease presence and extent.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To summarize the utility of various cardiovascular imaging modalities.
  • To highlight their role in diagnosing and prognostically stratifying cardiovascular patients.

Main Methods:

  • Review of cardiovascular imaging modalities.
  • Analysis of their application in atherosclerosis assessment.

Main Results:

  • Cardiovascular imaging provides simpler, non-invasive evaluation of atherosclerotic disease.
  • These methods are effective in assessing disease presence and extent in various arterial territories.

Conclusions:

  • Cardiovascular imaging modalities are invaluable tools.
  • They significantly aid in the diagnosis and prognostic stratification of cardiovascular patients.

Keywords:
AterosclerosisAtherosclerosisCardiovascular imagingDiagnosisDiagnósticoImagen cardiovascularPrognosisPronóstico

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