Diagnostic and clinical perspectives of fusion imaging in cardiology: is the total greater than the sum of its parts?
Population
Patients with preclinical or overt cardiovascular disease
Design
Review
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Discussion
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Implication
May guide multimodal imaging research in early CVD; leaves open clinical validation and standardization.
Structured PICO
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Population
Patients with preclinical or overt cardiovascular disease
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Intervention
Fusion imaging (Positron emission tomography, cardiovascular magnetic resonance, and multislice computed tomography)
This review highlights the role of fusion imaging modalities like PET, CMR, and MSCT in understanding and identifying preclinical and overt cardiovascular disease.
Cite This Study
Bax et al. (2005) studied this question.