Coronary artery disease

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Evaluation of coronary artery disease in potential liver transplant recipients.

The prognostic value of regadenoson SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging in patients with end-stage renal disease

Stress-only SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging: A review

The significance of automatically measured transient ischemic dilation in identifying severe and extensive coronary artery disease in regadenoson, single-isotope technetium-99m myocardial perfusion SPECT

The prognostic value of transient ischemic dilatation with otherwise normal SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging: A cautionary note in patients with diabetes and coronary artery disease

Cardiac imaging for the assessment of patients being evaluated for kidney or liver transplantation.

Cardiac masses are a rare finding, with most masses found being thrombi or vegetations. Still, some masses are suspected to be a tumor based on multiple characteristics such as size, location, mobility, and the tumor's hemodynamic effects. Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) and CT have been shown to differentiate a tumor from a thrombus based on tissue characteristics of the mass. Here we highlight the role of contrast perfusion imaging on echocardiography in identifying the malignant potential of a cardiac mass. This case report demonstrates the effectiveness of contrast imaging with a transesophageal echocardiogram in identifying the etiology of cardiac masses without the need of CMR or cardiac CT, which helps save between $100-1207 of hospital costs. Besides the cost-benefit, the use of non-invasive and easily accessible imaging like echocardiogram enables smaller facilities with limited resources to diagnose and hence further manage patients with cardiac masses.

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Kalindi Parikh

Papers

The prognostic value of transient ischemic dilatation with otherwise normal SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging: A cautionary note in patients with diabetes and coronary artery disease

Cardiac imaging for the assessment of patients being evaluated for kidney or liver transplantation.

Atypical Intracavitary Cardiac Mass: Tumor or Thrombus?