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Advanced imaging techniques provide direct assessment of vascular wall and hemodynamic function.
Medical imaging modalities like Doppler ultrasound and phase-contrast MRI enable direct, noninvasive quantification of hemodynamic and vascular wall parameters to facilitate early diagnosis and monitoring of cardiovascular disease.
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May support noninvasive hemodynamic monitoring in cardiovascular disease; leaves open prospective outcome trials before clinical adoption.
The noticeable characteristics of the blood vascular structure are the inconsistent viscosity of blood and the stiffness of the vascular wall. If we can control these two factors, we can solve more problems related to hemodynamics and vascular wall function. Understanding the properties of hemodynamics and vascular wall function may provide more information applicable to clinical practice for cardiovascular disease. The bedside techniques evaluating vascular function usually measure indirect parameters. In contrast, some medical imaging techniques provide clear and direct depictions of functional cardiovascular characteristics. In this review, image-based evaluation of hemodynamic and vascular wall functions is discussed from the perspective of blood flow velocity, flow volume, flow pattern, peripheral vascular resistance, intraluminal pressure, vascular wall stress, and wall stiffness.
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Jongmin Lee (2013) conducted a review in Cardiovascular disease (vascular function and hemodynamics). Image-based evaluation (Doppler ultrasonography, magnetic resonance phase-contrast imaging, CT) vs. Bedside techniques measuring indirect parameters was evaluated on Hemodynamic and vascular wall functions (blood flow velocity, flow volume, flow pattern, peripheral vascular resistance, intraluminal pressure, vascular wall stress, and wall stiffness). Image-based techniques such as Doppler ultrasonography and magnetic resonance phase-contrast imaging provide direct depictions of vascular wall and hemodynamic functions.
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