Tests for Assessing Cardiac Anatomy and Function
Application | Tests |
|---|---|
Cardiac and great vessel anatomy | Echocardiography, including 3D echocardiography CT and CT angiography MR and MR angiography Direct contrast ventriculography and angiography Chest radiography |
Left ventricular function | Contrast ventriculography PET imaging SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging |
Coronary artery disease diagnosis and prognosis | Measurement of fractional flow reserve Exercise or pharmacologic stress testing with ECG, myocardial perfusion imaging, cardiac MR, or echocardiography Intravascular ultrasound/optical coherence tomography Magnetic resonance angiography Coronary CT angiography and coronary calcium scoring ECG |
Myocardial viability | SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging Stress testing (using low-dose dobutamine) with echocardiography(using low-dose dobutamine) with echocardiography |
Myocardial inflammation and fibrosis | MR (with gadolinium contrast) Endomyocardial biopsy |
3D = 3 dimensional; CT = computed tomography; ECG = electrocardiography; MR = magnetic resonance; MRI = magnetic resonance imaging; MUGA = multiple-gated acquisition; PET = positron emission tomography; SPECT = single-photon emission CT | |