When it is done/advised ?
i. For early detection of coronary artery disease, possibly before a coronary stenosis.
ii. To possibly help in categorising unstable and stable plaque in coronary artery disease.
iii. To recognize that subset of disease process which need early medical/ therapeutic attention.
iv. To accurately measure the performance and wall motion of various chambers of the heart.
v. To measure blood flow to heart muscle. To map infracted segment.
vi. Accurate delineation of congenital heart disease with 3 dimensional relational depiction.
vii. Pathological/ morphological characterization of cardiac related mass.
viii. Distinguish between constrictive pericardities and restrictive cardiomyopathy.
ix. Cardiac arrhythmias caused by Right ventricular dysplasia.