Contents

Foreword

Steen Dalby Kristensen

Consultant Cardiologist, and Head, Cardiovascular Research Centre, Department of Cardiology, Aarhus University Hospital

Imaging

Pitfalls and Challenges in the Echocardiographic Diagnosis of Aortic Stenosis

Adrian Chenzbraun

Department of Cardiology, Royal Liverpool University Hospital

Radiation Minimisation and Outcome Maximisation in Cardiac Computed Tomography

James P Earls1

and Jonathon A Leipsic2

1. Director, Cardiovascular Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Fairfax Radiology Consultants; 2. Chairman, Department of Radiology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver

Evaluation of Diastolic Dysfunction Using Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Tarun Pandey and Kedar Jambhekar

Department of Radiology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Imaging Strategies for Coronary Sinus Annuloplasty

David Messika-Zeitoun,1,2

Jean-Michel Serfaty,3

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Dominique Himbert1 and Alec Vahanian1

1. Cardiology Department; 2. INSERM U698; 3. Radiology Department, Bichat Hospital, Paris

Myocardial Perfusion Imaging from Echocardiography to SPECT, PET, CT and MRI – Recent Advances and Applications

W Kevin Tsai,1 Kathleen M Holohan2 and Kim Allan Williams3

1. Fellow in Cardiology; 2. Nuclear Cardiology Research Specialist; 3. Professor of Medicine and Radiology, and Director of Nuclear Cardiology, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine

Hypertension

Blood Pressure Lowering for the Prevention of Stroke Recurrence

Zengwu Wang,1

Tom Richart,2,3 Yu Jin,2 Jan A Staessen2,3

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and Lisheng Liu1

1. Division of Hypertension, Fu Wai Hospital, Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing; 2. Studies Co-ordinating Centre, Division of Hypertension and Cardiovascular Rehabilitation, Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, University of Leuven; 3. Department of Epidemiology, Maastricht University

Antiplatelet Therapy

Individualised Antiplatelet Therapy – Is There a Role for Platelet Function Testing in Routine Clinical Practice?

Jean-Philippe Collet1 and Jochem Wouter van Werkum2

1. Institute of Cardiology, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris; 2. St Antonius Centre for Platelet Function Research and Department of Cardiology, St Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein

Challenges in Oral Antiplatelet Therapy

An expert interview with Franz-Josef Neumann

Medical Director, and Chairman, Heart Centre Bad Krozingen

Challenges in Oral Antiplatelet Therapy

Pat Wong and Umair Shafique

Senior Medical Writers, Touch Briefings

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