Advanced Cardiac Imaging Glossary

The anatomical pattern describing which coronary artery gives rise to the posterior descending artery and posterolateral...

The ratio of maximal coronary blood flow during hyperemia to resting coronary blood flow, indicating coronary vasodilato...

MRI technique that suppresses blood signal to enhance contrast between cardiac structures and flowing blood for morpholo...

MRI technique using gadolinium contrast to identify areas of myocardial scar or fibrosis by imaging 10-20 minutes post-i...

Impaired ventricular relaxation or filling, assessed through echocardiographic parameters including E/A ratio and tissue...

The characteristic pattern of left ventricular filling during diastole, assessed by Doppler echocardiography to evaluate...

Pharmacological stress test using dobutamine infusion to assess inducible wall motion abnormalities and coronary artery...

Paradoxical outward motion of a myocardial segment during systole, moving opposite to normal contraction.

Quantitative CMR parameter measuring the proportion of extracellular space in myocardium, used to detect diffuse fibrosi...

Post-processing technique that analyzes myocardial deformation by tracking tissue features across cardiac phases in stan...

Fractional flow reserve derived from coronary computed tomography angiography, providing non-invasive assessment of coro...

Real-time MRI technique that tracks contrast agent passage through myocardial tissue to assess blood flow.

A magnetic resonance imaging technique that suppresses fluid signal to enhance visualization of pathological tissue chan...

Hemodynamic measurement indicating the functional significance of coronary stenosis.

Paramagnetic contrast agent used in cardiac MRI to enhance tissue characterization and detect scar tissue.

Nuclear imaging technique that synchronizes SPECT acquisition with cardiac cycle to assess both perfusion and function.

Harmonic phase analysis technique for processing myocardial tagging images to quantify tissue deformation and strain.

Viable but dysfunctional myocardial tissue with reduced contractility due to chronic hypoperfusion that may recover func...

Reduced but present wall motion and thickening of a myocardial segment during systole.

Intravascular ultrasound; catheter-based imaging providing cross-sectional views of coronary artery walls and lumen.

MRI technique using contrast agent to identify myocardial scar tissue and fibrosis.

Epicardial coronary artery that supplies the lateral and posterior walls of the left ventricle.

A bypass conduit using the left internal mammary artery, typically anastomosed to the left anterior descending coronary...

Left main coronary artery. Short but critical vessel that supplies blood to the LAD and circumflex arteries.