Québec Heart and Lung Institute, Department of Medicine, Laval University, Québec, Québec, Canada.
Can J Cardiol. 2013 Mar;29(3):337-49. doi: 10.1016/j.cjca.2012.11.006. Epub 2013 Jan 26.
Imaging plays a fundamental role in the current diagnosis and treatment of valvular heart disease (VHD) and in the preclinical and clinical research aiming at the development of novel pharmacologic or interventional therapies. Doppler echocardiography remains the primary imaging technique for the clinical management of VHD. However, the multifaceted and complex nature of VHD and the rapid development of transcatheter valve therapies has led to a spectacular increase in the use of multimodality imaging in the past decade. The purpose of this article is to review the current and emerging roles of the different imaging modalities in the diagnosis and treatment of VHD and to present the new directions for future research and clinical applications.
影像学在瓣膜性心脏病（VHD）的当前诊断和治疗中以及在旨在开发新型药物或介入治疗的临床前和临床研究中起着至关重要的作用。多普勒超声心动图仍然是 VHD 临床管理的主要影像学技术。然而，VHD 的多方面和复杂性以及经导管瓣膜治疗的快速发展导致在过去十年中多模式影像学的使用急剧增加。本文的目的是回顾不同影像学模式在 VHD 的诊断和治疗中的当前和新兴作用，并为未来的研究和临床应用提出新的方向。
