What’s New in Cardiovascular Imaging?

One: Coronary quantitation by QCA and intracoronary ultrasound (QCU).- 1. Current and future developments in QCA and image fusion with IVUS.- 2. Issues in the performance of quantitative coronary angiography in clinical research trials.- 3. The cost-effectiveness of QCA in interventional cardiology.- 4. 3-D coronary angiography: improving visualization strategy for coronary interventions.- 5. Quantitative coronary ultrasound: state of the art.- Two: Angiographic trials.- 6. Genetic factors in the progression of atherosclerosis and response to cholesterol lowering drugs.- 7. Effect of lipid lowering therapy on myocardial perfusion; results from REGRESS and LAARS.- 8. How well does angiographic progression correlate with clinical events?.- 9. How should future angiographic trials be designed?.- Three: Progress in intravascular ultrasound (IVUS).- 10. Applications of intravascular ultrasound in cardiology.- 11. Cardiovascular flow measurements with IVUS.- 12. Optimal ultrasound guided balloon angioplasty.- 13. Prediction of restenosis by IVUS.- 14. Assessment of plaque composition using intravascular ultrasound.- Four: Magnetic resonance (MR) coronary and vascular imaging.- 15. Magnetic resonance in cardiology: which clinical questions can be answered now and in the near future?.- 16. Real-Time Cardiovascular MR Imaging.- 17. Left ventricular function under stress conditions by MRI.- 18. Quantitation of global and regional left ventricular function by MRI.- 19. Status of myocardial perfusion assessment by MRI.- Five: Nuclear cardiovascular imaging.- 20. Nuclear cardiology: which clinical questions can be answered now and in the future?.- 21. State-of-the-art in myocardial perfusion SPECT imaging.- 22. State of the art in the assessment of ventricular function by gated SPECT.- 23. Assessment of myocardial viability by FDG imaging with SPECT.- 24. What are the niches for SPECT versus PET versus MRI?.- Six: Echocardiography.- 25. Echocardiography: where are we now and where are we heading?.- 26. Intravenous echocontrast for assessment of left ventricular function and perfusion.- 27. State-of-the-Art. Stress echocardiography entering the next millennium.- 28. Overview of automatedquantitation techniques in 2D echocardiography.- 29. Doppler myocardial imaging.- 30. Carotid intima-media thickness measurement: predictor of future cardiovascular disease.- Seven: Cine and spiral CT coronary imaging.- 31. What is the current role of electron beam computed tomography in coronary imaging?.- 32. Magnetic resonance and electron beamtomography coronary angiography.- Color section.