Imaging and Intervention in Cardiology

One: Thrombolysis.- 1. Serial myocardial perfusion imaging with Tc-99m-labeled myocardial perfusion imaging agents in patients receiving thrombolytic therapy for acute myocardial infarction.- 2. Contraction-perfusion matching in reperfused acute myocardial infarction.- 3. Metabolic characteristics in the infarct zone: PET findings.- 4. Assessment of myocardial viability with positron emission tomography after coronary thrombolysis.- 5. Postthrombolysis noninvasive detection of myocardial ischemia and multivessel disease and the need for additional intervention.- Two: Coronary revascularization: Assessment before intervention.- 6. Imaging to justify no intervention.- 7. Interpretation of coronary angiograms prior to PTCA: Pitfalls and problems.- 8. Diagnostic accuracy of stress-echocardiography for the detection of significant coronary artery disease.- 9. Perfusion imaging with thallium-201 to assess stenosis significance.- 10. Perfusion imaging by PET to assess stenosis significance.- 11. Contrast enhanced magnetic resonance imaging for assessing myocardial perfusion and reperfusion injury.- 12. Non-invasive visualization of the coronary arteries using magnetic resonance imaging - is it good enough to guide interventions?.- 13. MRI as a substitute for scintigraphic techniques in the assessment of inducible ischaemia.- 14. Assessment of viability by MR-techniques.- 15. Assessment of viability in severely hypokinetic myocardium before revascularization and prediction of functional recovery: Contribution of thallium-201 imaging.- 16. Assessment of myocardial viability before revascularization: Can sestamibi accurately predict functional recovery?.- 17. Assessment of viability in noncontractile myocardium before revascularization and prediction of functional recovery by PET.- 18. Assessment of viability in severely hypokinetic myocardium before revascularization and prediction of functional recovery: The role of echocardiography.- 19. Assessment of functional significance of the stenotic substrate by Doppler flow measurements.- Three: Coronary revascularization: Assessment after intervention.- 20. Angiographic assessment of immediate success and the problem (definition) of restenosis after coronary interventions.- 21. Immediate evaluation of percutaneous transluminal coronary balloon angioplasty success by intracoronary Doppler Ultrasound.- 22. Evaluation of the effect of new devices by intravascular ultrasound.- 23. Can restenosis after coronary angioplasty be predicted by scintigraphy?.- 24. Evaluation of immediate and long-term results of intervention by echocardiography: Can restenosis be predicted?.- 25. Predictors of restenosis after angioplasty: Morphologic and quantitative evaluation by intravascular ultrasound.- 26. How to evaluate and to avoid vascular complications at the puncture site.- Four: Imaging and valvular interventions.- 27. Selection of patients and transesophageal echocardiography guidance during balloon mitral valvuloplasty.- 28. Echocardiography for intraprocedural monitoring and postinterventional follow-up of mitral balloon valvuloplasty.- Five: Intervention in congenital heart disease.- 29. Preinterventional imaging in pediatric cardiology.- 30. The role of ultrasound in monitoring of interventional cardiac catheterization in patients with congenital heart disease.- 31. Follow-up of patients after transcatheter procedures in congenital heart disease using noninvasive imaging techniques.- Colour section.