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Many noninvasive and invasive tests can delineate cardiac structure and function (see Table 1: Cardiovascular Tests and Procedures: Tests for Assessing Cardiac Anatomy and Function ). Also, treatments can be administered during certain invasive diagnostic tests (eg, percutaneous coronary intervention during cardiac catheterization, radiofrequency ablation during electrophysiologic testing).
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Table 1
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| Tests for Assessing Cardiac Anatomy and Function |
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Application
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Tests
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Left ventricular function
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Echocardiography
Multiple-gated acquisition (MUGA) radionuclide imaging
Gated MRI
Contrast ventriculography
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Coronary artery disease diagnosis and prognosis
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Exercise or pharmacologic stress testing with ECG, myocardial perfusion imaging, or echocardiography
Magnetic resonance angiography
Coronary angiography
Intravascular ultrasonography
Multidetector CT coronary angiography
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Myocardial viability
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Resting single-photon emission CT (SPECT) myocardial perfusion imaging
Stress testing (using low-dose dobutamine) with echocardiography
Positron emission tomography (PET)
Gated MRI
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Last full review/revision December 2012 by Michael J. Shea, MD
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