Los recientes avances en el campo de la tecnología digital han dado lugar a un enorme progreso en las diferentes modalidades de imagen cardíaca. Estos grandes avances han hecho que el clínico confíe y se apoye cada vez más en las técnicas de imagen para el diagnóstico de las enfermedades cardíacas. La ecocardiografía se ha convertido en la modalidad de imagen cardíaca más utilizada en todo el mundo. Los equipos de ultrasonidos de alta gama que tenemos en la actualidad tienen integradas numerosas funciones que los hacen verdaderamente complejos. Un importante reto de los cardiólogos es conseguir llegar a entender las características de las nuevas modalidades de imagen y conocer su impacto clínico. Debido a la sofisticación de los sistemas, el incremento en el número de las indicaciones y las complejas cuestiones clínicas que se plantean, serán necesarios programas de entrenamiento específico y probablemente obtener acreditaciones en los diferentes desarrollos tecnológicos.
En este artículo revisamos el impacto que ha tenido el desarrollo de algunas de estas técnicas, como la imagen armónica, la ecocardiografía de contraste miocárdico para estudios de perfusión, la ecocardiografía intracardíaca y la ecografía tridimensional.
Palabras clave
Imagen armónica
Contraste miocárdico
Ecocardiografía intracardíaca
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