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Role of multimodality cardiac imaging in the management of patients with hypert...
Cardim, N; Galderisi, M; Edvardsen, T; Plein, S; Popescu, BA; D'Andrea, A; Bruder O, O; Cosyns, B; Davin, L; Donal, E; Freitas, A; Habib, G, e outrosTaking into account the complexity and limitations of clinical assessment in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), imaging techniques play an essential role in the evaluation of patients with this disease. Thus, in HCM patients, imaging provides solutions for most clinical needs, from diagnosis to prognosis and risk stratification, from anatomical and functional assessment to ischaemia detection, from metabolic ev...
The multi-modality cardiac imaging approach to the Athlete's heart: an expert c...
Galderisi, M; Cardim, N; D'Andrea, A; Bruder, O; Cosyns, B; Davin, L; Donal, E; Edvardsen, T; Freitas, A; Habib, G, e outrosThe term 'athlete's heart' refers to a clinical picture characterized by a slow heart rate and enlargement of the heart. A multi-modality imaging approach to the athlete's heart aims to differentiate physiological changes due to intensive training in the athlete's heart from serious cardiac diseases with similar morphological features. Imaging assessment of the athlete's heart should begin with a thorough echoc...