Table 1: Application of multi-modality imaging in the diagnosis of heart failure.
| Echo | CMR | MDCT | Nuclear |
| Remodeling |
| LVEDV/ESV | ++ | +++ | ++ | ++ |
| LVEF | ++ | +++ | ++ | ++ |
| LV mass | ++ | +++ | ++ | |
| Function |
| Systolic | +++ | +++ | ++ | ++ |
| Diastolic | +++ | +++ | ++ | ++ |
| Dyssynchrony | ++ | + | | + |
| Etiology |
| CAD Anatomy | | + | +++ | |
| Ischemia | +++ | +++ | | +++ |
| Scar | ++ | +++ | | ++ |
| Valve Stenosis | +++ | + | ++ | |
| Regurgetation | +++ | ++ | | |
| Myocardial tissue characterization | + | +++ | | + 1 |
| Viabilty |
| Sensitivity | ++ | ++ | | +++ |
| Specificity | +++ | +++ | | ++ |
| Advantage |
| First-line imaging | No radiation | High spacial resolution | Good availability 2 |
| Excellent availability | Wide application | Good availability | |
| Portability | | | |
| Low cost | | | |
| No radiation | | | |
| Disadvantage |
| Poor reproducibility | Limited availability | Limited image quality if | Radiation |
| Echo window needed | Limited image quality if | arrhythmia | Limited availability for PET |
| arrhythmia | Radiation | |
| modified from [12] |