Pretty Pictures: Assessing the Value of Cardiac Imaging

This issue of the journal includes three papers which employ the latest in high technology ultrasonic imaging to delineate various features of cardiovascular disease. dabiran et al took advantage of the high resolution, noninvasive nature of echocardiography to detect subtle differences in cardiac adaptation to dynamic versus static exercise. sadeghian et al employed color doppler to document the degree of mitral regurgitation in patients undergoing cabg with and without mitral valve repair. piranafar et al used recently developed technology for tissue doppler imaging to detect intracardiac shunts in patients with congenital heart disease.