Mahía-Casado Patricia, García-Orta Rocío, Gómez de Diego José J, Barba-Cosials Joaquín, Rodríguez-Palomares José F, Aguadé-Bruix Santiago
Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain.
Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital Virgen de las Nieves, Granada, Spain.
Rev Esp Cardiol (Engl Ed). 2015 Feb;68(2):129-35. doi: 10.1016/j.rec.2014.09.015. Epub 2014 Dec 24.
In this article, we review the contributions of the most important imaging techniques used in cardiology, reported in 2014. Echocardiography remains the cornerstone for diagnosing and monitoring valvular heart disease, and there has been a continuing effort to improve quantification of this condition and obtain prognostic parameters for follow-up. The study of regional myocardial function is anchored in the diagnosis of subclinical ventricular dysfunction, and 3-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography has become the perfect ally in interventional procedures for structural heart disease. Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging and cardiac computed tomography are the focus of most publications on cardiac imaging in ischemic heart disease, reflecting their consolidated use in clinical practice. Nuclear medicine excels in the study of myocardial viability after interventional treatment of acute coronary syndromes and its performance is validated in the diagnosis of ischemic heart disease.
