Cardiac Imaging in Clinical Practice

✍ Scribed by Dmitriy Kireyev, Judy Hung (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing
• Year: 2016
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 253
• Series: In Clinical Practice
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book provides a concise guide to echocardiography, SPECT, CT and MRI, including both the basics of cardiac imaging as well as tables of normal/abnormal values and guidelines.

With advances in technology, cardiac CT and MRI are becoming more popular but are often limited to larger medical centers. By including the basics of these modalities, this book provides a comprehensive guide for a wide range of medical professionals. As physicians outside of cardiology often do not have sufficient exposure to nuclear stress tests, this book contains SPECT and stress test protocols in order to facilitate decision-making when ordering tests and interpreting results.

Cardiac Imaging in Clinical Practice is a quick reference guide and will be useful at multiple levels of training, enabling the book to be used as a basic and advanced reference source. As such, it is appropriate for students, residents, fellows and staff attendings who want a practical and handy reference to the diagnostic options open to them.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-viii
Basics of Ultrasound Physics....Pages 1-8
Views and Structures....Pages 9-18
Chamber Dimensions....Pages 19-30
Valvular Quantification....Pages 31-50
Valvular Pathology....Pages 51-72
Evaluation of Prosthetic Valves....Pages 73-83
Diastolic Function....Pages 85-92
Pericardial Disease....Pages 93-99
Cardiac Masses....Pages 101-119
Estimation of Chamber Pressures....Pages 121-124
Basic Congenital Heart Disease for Adults....Pages 125-144
Ischemic Heart Disease....Pages 145-149
Cardiomyopathy....Pages 151-160
Echocardiography in Systemic Diseases....Pages 161-168
Echocardiographic Assessment of Aortic Disease....Pages 169-175
Basics of Agitated Saline Contrast (“Bubble”) and LV Opacification Contrast Studies....Pages 177-181
Nuclear Cardiology Imaging....Pages 183-196
Cardiac Computed Tomography....Pages 197-217
Cardiac Magnetic Resonance (CMR) Imaging....Pages 219-242
Positron Emission Tomography....Pages 243-246
Back Matter....Pages 247-251

✦ Subjects

Cardiology; Imaging / Radiology