1What does a right heart cath show and what does it help diagnose?
RA, RV, PA and capillary wedge pressures
helps to distinguish whether pulm HTN is an pulmonary vs cardiac cause
2What does a left heart cath measure/show and what is it used for?
LV and valvular function
detects presence of CAD
cardiac stent placement
balloon angioplasty
3What is the gold standard for myocarditis?
cardiac MRI
4Cardiac MRI can also assess?
presence of infiltrative myocardial disease like sarcoidosis
5What can a cardiac multi slice MRI show?
CAD
PE
Aortic dz
6What does a stress echo assess?
exercise induced ischemia
valvular disease
7A 3D echo is adjunct with which other test?
TEE
8What does a TEE show?
posterior wall structure
prosthetic valve function
intracardiac mass
9What does a pulse wave and color doppler show?
RV systolic pressure
pulmonary artery pressure
severity of valvular regur
intracardiac stunts
10What does a 2D echo show?
all 4 chambers size, wall thickening, systolic function
11CT angiography helps show?
motion imaging for RV and LV function
12What is the gold standard for determining EF?
radionuclide angiography
13What information does a nuclear stress test provide?
info on ischemia and prognosis
14What does a CXR show?
cardiomegaly
pulmonary circulation
primary pulmonary disease
aortic abnormalites
15What does an echo cardiogram show?
chamber size and hypertrophy
valvular abnormalities
pericardial effusion