Radiology

Cardiovascular Imaging
 

Marcelo F Di Carli, MD - Co-Director, Cardiovascular Imaging Section and Chief, Division of Nuclear Medicine
Frank J Rybicki, MD, PhD - Co-Director, Cardiovascular Imaging Section
Raymond Kwong, MD - Co-Director, Cardiac Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Sharmila Dorbala, MBBS - Associate Director of Nuclear Cardiology
Hale Ersoy, MD
Karl B. Coyner, MD, PhD
Zelmira Curillova, MD
 

The Cardiovascular Imaging Section offers a full range of non-invasive diagnostic radiology services.
Diagnostic procedures include:

• Vascular Imaging by MR and CT for evaluation of:
  • Thoracic and abdominal aorta
  • Peripheral and visceral vascular pathology
  • Renal artery pathology
  • MRA and CTA pre-transplantation evaluation
  • Thoracic outlet syndrome evaluation
  • Central deep venous thrombosis
  • MR angiography of the pulmonary arterial tree
  • Pulmonary venous anatomy evaluation (in patients with atrial fibrillation)
    
• Cardiac Imaging by MR and CT for evaluation of:
  • Adult congenital heart disease
  • Adult acquired heart disease
    • MR Assessment of myocardial viability
    • MR Measurement of infarct size and microvascular obstruction
    • Ischemic and dilated cardiomyopathies
    • Hypertrophic and restrictive cardiomyopathies
    • MR myocardial perfusion during pharmacologic stress
    • MR assessment of global and regional left ventricular function at rest and during pharmacologic stress including pre-operative cardiac assessment
    • Ventricular morphology, global and regional function
    • Valvular morphology and function
    • Functional evaluation of pre-and post-operative heart disease
    • Pericardial disease
  • Coronary arteries (calcium scoring, coronary MRA and CTA)
     

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