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- Title
Non-invasive and contemporaneous cardiac imaging in heart failure.
- Authors
Tavares, Sara
- Abstract
This article reviews the current non-invasive cardiac imaging modalities used in the diagnosis and management of heart failure patients. Heart failure is a complex syndrome secondary to functional and structural changes of the heart, with a wide range of possible causes for its onset. Different imaging investigations can inform diagnosis and guide care plans, so nurses across clinical practice will benefit from having knowledge on when these modalities are used. Echocardiography remains the most common investigation due to its low cost and reproducible nature when compared with other methods. It allows quantification of left ventricular function, which is an important prognostic marker in heart failure. Through cardiac magnetic resonance imaging, identification of potential reversible causes is possible, and further identification of underlying causes, when other modalities fail to do so. Finally, computed tomography coronary angiography is the currently recommended test in all patients presenting with typical or atypical anginal symptoms, diagnostically comparable to invasive coronary angiography
- Subjects
HEART failure treatment; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; LEFT heart ventricle; BLOOD vessels; VENTRICULAR ejection fraction; TRANSESOPHAGEAL echocardiography; MAGNETIC resonance imaging; CORONARY angiography; COMPUTED tomography; HEART physiology; HEART failure
- Publication
British Journal of Nursing, 2023, Vol 32, Issue 1, p29
- ISSN
0966-0461
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.12968/bjon.2023.32.1.29