Why the study?
Accurate assessment of the extent of myocardial injury and its functional consequences in ischemic heart disease is critical for guiding pharmacotherapy and interventional approaches.
Echocardiography remains the most common imaging method for assessing left ventricular function in ischemic heart disease, while cardiac magnetic resonance and nuclear tomography provide valuable complementary information.
Multimodality imaging may refine LV damage assessment in IHD; leaves open optimal modality selection for routine practice.
Ischemic heart disease is the most common heart pathology in medical practice. Proper assessment of the size of myocardium injury and its consequences on the heart function is extremely important both for a correct drug therapy and for interventional approach. Most frequently the left ventricle is affected. The need for accurate evaluation of the impact of left ventricular myocardial damage has led to the development of new imaging techniques and improvement of the existing ones. At the moment the most commonly used imaging method for the assessment of left ventricular function is echocardiography. Cardiac Magnetic Resonance and nuclear tomography are precious imaging techniques as well. They are more expensive but bring valuable information when used in adequate situations.
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