title: [Update on cardiac imaging techniques. Echocardiography, cardiac magnetic resonance and multidetector computed tomography].
abstract: This review of progress in cardiac imaging techniques summarizes the most significant development reported in the last year on different echocardiographic techniques and their application in a range of settings, from the treatment of heart failure to their use in intraoperative monitoring and guiding interventional procedures. Large sections are devoted to recent developments in three-dimensional imaging and, because of its clinical importance, to magnetic resonance imaging. Finally, there is a comprehensive update on the use of multidetector computed tomography in cardiology.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital Virgen de la Macarena, Sevilla, España.
authors.forename: Pastora Gallego García
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: de Vinuesa
authors.forename: Sonia Velasco
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: del Castillo
authors.forename: Río Aguilar
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Torres
authors.forename: Juan C Paré
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Bardera
mesh_terms: D001013:Aorta, Thoracic; D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D019560:Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed