Computed tomography of the heart has become a highly accurate diagnostic modality that is attracting increasing attention. This extensively illustrated book aims to assist the reader in integrating cardiac CT into daily clinical practice, while also reviewing its current technical status and applica
Cardiac CT
โ Scribed by Marc Dewey (auth.)
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
- Year
- 2014
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 491
- Edition
- 2
- Category
- Library
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โฆ Synopsis
Cardiac computed tomography (CT) has become a highly accurate diagnostic modality that continues to attract increasing attention. This extensively illustrated book aims to assist the reader in integrating cardiac CT into daily clinical practice, while also reviewing its current technical status and applications. Clear guidance is provided on the performance and interpretation of imaging using the latest technology, which offers greater coverage, better spatial resolution, and faster imaging while also providing functional information about cardiac diseases. The specific features of scanners from all four main vendors, including those that have only recently become available, are presented. Among the wide range of applications and issues discussed are coronary calcium scoring, coronary artery bypass grafts, stents, and anomalies, cardiac valves and function, congenital and acquired heart disease, and radiation exposure. Upcoming clinical uses of cardiac CT, such as hybrid imaging, preparation and follow-up after valve replacement, electrophysiology applications, myocardial perfusion and fractional flow reserve assessment, and plaque imaging, are also explored.
โฆ Table of Contents
Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Introduction....Pages 1-1
Technical and Personnel Requirements....Pages 3-11
Anatomy....Pages 13-28
Cardiac CT in Clinical Practice....Pages 29-37
Clinical Indications....Pages 39-48
Patient Preparation....Pages 49-53
Physics Background and Radiation Exposure....Pages 55-67
Examination and Reconstruction....Pages 69-89
Toshiba Aquilion 64 and Aquilion ONE....Pages 91-108
Siemens Somatom Sensation, Definition, and Definition Flash....Pages 109-123
Philips Brilliance 64 and iCT....Pages 125-131
General Electric LightSpeed VCT, Optima CT660 and Discovery CT750 HD....Pages 133-150
Reading and Reporting....Pages 151-180
Coronary Artery Calcium....Pages 181-189
Coronary Artery Bypass Grafts....Pages 191-198
Coronary Artery Stents....Pages 199-212
Coronary Artery Plaque....Pages 213-224
Cardiac Function....Pages 225-241
Cardiac Valves....Pages 243-257
Transcatheter Aortic Valve Interventions....Pages 259-284
Pulmonic Valve Implantation, Mitral Valve Repair, and Left Atrial Appendage Closure....Pages 285-301
Myocardial Perfusion and Fractional Flow Reserve....Pages 303-326
Hybrid Imaging....Pages 327-339
Electrophysiology Interventions....Pages 341-365
Coronary Artery Anomalies....Pages 367-392
Congenital and Acquired Heart Disease....Pages 393-414
Typical Clinical Examples....Pages 415-482
Results of Clinical Studies....Pages 483-486
Outlook....Pages 487-493
Back Matter....Pages 495-498
โฆ Subjects
Imaging / Radiology; Cardiology; Internal Medicine
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