title: Evolution of cardiac imaging according to the number of scientific articles in medical journals: a long and fruitful journey.
abstract: The use of cardiac imaging techniques as a diagnostic method in the understanding of physiopathology, as well as in cardiology research has been one of the most important revolutions in the management of cardiac patients, our understanding of physiopathology, and basic research in almost all heart diseases. This article analyzes the literature on echocardiography, cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging, computed tomography, and nuclear medicine during the last 60 years and provides an overview of how these techniques have developed and how their introduction into daily practice has changed attitudes among cardiologists. The literature not only shows that the implementation of these techniques in daily practice requires an immense amount of research and effort by many working groups throughout the scientific world, but also that techniques that once seemed promising may finally be discarded.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Medicina, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Complutense de Madrid; Unidad de Imagen Cardiaca, Instituto Cardiovascular Clínico, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain. Electronic address: garciafernandez@ecocardio.com.
authors.forename: Miguel Angel
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Garcia-Fernandez
mesh_terms: D015706:Bibliometrics; D057791:Cardiac Imaging Techniques / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006321:Heart / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010506:Periodicals as Topic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data
keywords: Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging; Cardiorresonancia magnética; Echocardiography; Ecocardiografía; Medicina nuclear; Multislice computed tomography; Nuclear medicine; Tomografía computarizada multicorte