Key result
Multimodality imaging plays essential roles in assessing cardiac device function and detecting complications.
Why the study?
The increasing complexity and variety of prosthetic cardiac devices have led to a growing need for advanced imaging techniques to evaluate device function and complications.
Supports multimodal imaging for cardiac device evaluation; leaves open prospective validation of protocols and outcomes.
The major advances in cardiovascular care can be linked to the combined growth of advanced imaging modalities and the variety of treatment options available for patients with complex structural, acquired and congenital, valvular, myocardial and aortic diseases. Paralleling this growth are the number and spectrum of complications - such as device failures and infections - that these patients will inevitably encounter. The keys to successful implementation of advanced cardiac therapy are the real-time images, 3D reconstructions, and the hemodynamic and tissue profiles that can be obtained to evaluate these patients and their devices. We will review the roles of echocardiography, multidetector computed tomography and MRI in the evaluation of normal and abnormal cardiac device function.
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Firstenberg et al. (2011) conducted a review in Patients with prosthetic cardiac devices. Noninvasive imaging (echocardiography, multidetector computed tomography, and MRI) was evaluated. Echocardiography, multidetector computed tomography, and MRI play essential roles in the evaluation of normal and abnormal cardiac device function and associated complications.
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