Seeing is believing: pathway strategies for a personalised non-invasive diagnosis of coronary artery disease.
Pablo SutelmanMonika RadikeGemma VilahurPublished in: Internal and emergency medicine (2024)
Coronary artery disease (CAD) diagnosis requires a precise assessment of patient profile and disease extension. While non-invasive imaging modalities offer an in-depth evaluation of CAD through differential approaches, this is based primarily on detecting coronary plaques or inducible myocardial ischaemia, thus each offering only a partial outlook of this condition. The improvement in appropriately identifying CAD patients at risk of developing major adverse cardiovascular events and guiding treatment outcomes will require developing a personalised diagnostic strategy for a value-based application of current technologies.
Keyphrases
- coronary artery disease
- cardiovascular events
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- coronary artery bypass grafting
- high resolution
- left ventricular
- aortic stenosis
- cardiovascular disease
- coronary artery
- type diabetes
- heart failure
- photodynamic therapy
- acute coronary syndrome
- transcatheter aortic valve replacement
- ejection fraction