Acknowledgments The authors thank Dr. Sabato Sorrentino for editorial assistance. Additional content is available online at Elsevier eBooks for Practicing Clinicians Coronary angiography consists of the visualization of the coronary anatomy under fluoroscopy, facilitated by direct injection of contrast media…
Additional content is available online at Elsevier eBooks for Practicing Clinicians The multicomponent capability of cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) provides morphologic, structural, and physiologic information relevant to a broad array of cardiovascular diseases. CMR offers technical advantages of unrestricted tomographic…
Additional content is available online at Elsevier eBooks for Practicing Clinicians Nuclear cardiology encompasses multiple quantitative imaging techniques with established clinical applications in ischemic heart disease, heart failure, cardiac and vascular inflammation and infection, with emerging applications in valvular heart…
Additional content is available online at Elsevier eBooks for Practicing Clinicians The chest radiograph (CXR) has endured, despite all advances in technology, due to its instantaneous capture of patient health as a snapshot in time. Like photographic snapshots, CXRs can…
Acknowledgment The authors wish to acknowledge the previous contributions of Dr. Anthony Morise, which have laid the foundation for this chapter. Additional content is available online at Elsevier eBooks for Practicing Clinicians Exercise electrocardiographic testing is among the most fundamental…
Additional content is available online at Elsevier eBooks for Practicing Clinicians The technology and the clinical value of the electrocardiogram (ECG or, as sometimes referred to, EKG) have continuously evolved since the invention of the string galvanometer by Einthoven in…
Acknowledgments The authors wish to acknowledge the previous contributions of Drs. Eugene Braunwald, Joseph Perloff, Robert O’Rourke, and James A. Shaver, which laid the foundation for this chapter. Additional content is available online at Elsevier eBooks for Practicing Clinicians Evaluation…
Additional content is available online at Elsevier eBooks for Practicing Clinicians Definitions and Overview Wearable technology, commonly referred to as “wearables,” represents a broad category of electronic, hands-free devices that are used for the measurement of physiologic signals, diagnosis of…
Additional content is available online at Elsevier eBooks for Practicing Clinicians Artificial intelligence (AI) is ubiquitous. It autocompletes the sentences we type, populates web searches before we complete our thoughts, enables our phones to understand verbal commands, permits cars to…
Additional content is available online at Elsevier eBooks for Practicing Clinicians Clinicians use biomarkers daily in the practice of cardiovascular medicine. Moreover, the use of biomarkers can continue to improve physicians’ ability to provide clinically effective and cost-effective cardiovascular medicine…