Ultrasound in Coronary Artery Disease Present Role and Future Perspe
Today, coronary artery disease is one of the major causes of mortality and morbidity in the Western World. In the last decade many major diagnostic and therapeutic advances have been made, considerably furthering our potential in the management of coronar
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Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine VOLUME 113
The titZes published in this series are listed at the end ofthis voZume.
Ultrasound in Coronary Artery Disease Present Role and Future Perspectives edited by
Sabino Iliceto Department 01 Cardiology, University 01 Bari, Bari, Italy
Paolo Rizzon Department 01 Cardiology, University 01 Bari, Bari, Italy
and
J os R. T. c. Roelandt Thorax Center, Erasmus University, ROtlerdam, The Netherlands
Kluwer Academic Publi hers Dordrecht I Bo ton / London
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Ultrasound in coronary artery disease : present role and future perspectives / edited by Sabino Iliceto, Paolo Rizzon, and Jos R. T. C. Roelandt. p. cm. - (Developments in cardiovascular medicine: v. 113) ISBN-13:978-94-010·6762-1 e-ISBN-13:978-94-009-0611-2 DOI: 10.1007/978-94-009-0611-2 1. Coronary heart disease - Ultrasonic imaging. 2. Echocardiography. I. Iliceto, Sabino. H. Rizzon, Paolo. III. Roelandt, Jos. IV Series. [DNLM: 1. Coronary Diseases - diagnosis. 2. Echocardiography. 3. Myocardial Diseases - diagnosis. Wl DE997VME v. 113/ WG 141.5.E2 U47] RC685.C6U46 1990 616.1'2307543 - dc20 DLC 90-4496 for Library of Congress ISBN-13:978-94-010·6762·1
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All rights reserved © 1991 Kluwer Academic Publishers Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 1991 No part of the material protected by this copyright notice may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by anY means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or by any information storage and retrieval system, without written permission from the copyright owner.
This book is dedicated to my father, Nicola Iliceto
Table of contents
List of first contributors Introduction
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PART ONE: Evaluation ofwall motion abnormalities and stress echocardiography 1. Quantitative analysis of wall motion abnormalities Antonio F. Amieo, Sabino llieeto, Vito Marangelli, Giovanni Piecinni, Franeeseo Tota, Lucia Sublimi Saponetti, Gaetano D'Ambrosio and Paolo Rizzon 2. Assessment of wall motion by two-dimensional echocardiography: Should it be qualitative? loseph Kisslo and Khalid H. Sheikh 3. Real-time, three-dimensional echocardiography: Feasibility and its potential use in evaluation of coronary artery disease loseph Kisslo and Olajvon Ramm 4. Exercise 2D-echocardiography: How reliable is it as a routine tool for the assessment of coronary artery disease? Harvey Feigenbaum 5. Echocardiography during transesophageal atrial pacing Sabino llieeto, Antonio F. Amieo, Franeeseo Tota, Giovanni Piecinni, Gaetano D'Ambrosio, Giulia De Martino and P
