A Whitepaper on Cardiology Integration

It is a common observation in developed economies that rise in chronic lifestyle diseases is meteoric. And amongst these killer diseases, cardiac diseases have taken the Numero Uno position. Genetic predisposition compounded by rapid urbanisation, economic prosperity, changes in diet and lifestyle lack of adequate physical exercise is expected to further aggravate this situation. The mantra “Prevention is better than cure” is best applicable n case of lifestyle diseases. Preventive diagnostics helps a lot in early detection of the disease and can avoid a painful and risky course of treatment.

Advancement in the cardiac diagnostics are moving faster than one could imagine. A 128- slice-Cardiac-CT available today can scan a throbbing heart in a split second a workstation can reconstruct a 3D model of heart including small coronary vessels over the cardiac muscle. All this is done non invasively. While the clinical outcome of this remains a topic of debate in comparison with Coronary Angiogram, no one can deny the fact that imaging is getting more sophisticated than what we thought.

As the diagnostics are getting more sophisticated, need to cross correlate is naturally perceived strongly. Integration of digital data produced by medical equipment remains central to accurate diagnostics. 

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