Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance

✍ Scribed by Bernhard Schnackenburg (auth.), Priv.-Doz. Dr. Eike Nagel, Professor Dr. Albert C. van Rossum, Professor Dr. Eckart Fleck (eds.)

• Publisher: Steinkopff-Verlag Heidelberg
• Year: 2004
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 293
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Magnetic resonance imaging of the heart allows a quick and exact evaluation of global and regional pump function, regional myocardial wall motion, myocardial perfusion and coronary blood flow. Some of these parameters must also be analyzed under stress conditions to identify myocardial ischemia.

By combining these functional parameters with high-resolution anatomical images, which are even sufficient to depict the coronary arteries, magnetic resonance imaging has become one of the most important noninvasive procedures to study the condition of the heart and is being increasingly used in the clinical setting. Therefore, it is important not only to optimize and evaluate the technique in specialized centers, but also for a broad variety of users to become familiar with the wide range of applications for this method.

In this book, which is aimed at cardiologists, radiologists, and technical assistants, the physical fundamentals and scanning techniques are clearly described. In addition, practical guidelines for the anatomical planning of the examination and for patient care are offered. The accompanying CD-ROM contains additional figures and numerous videos.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages I-X
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Physical Principles of MR Imaging....Pages 3-12
Pulse Sequences....Pages 13-18
Magnetic Resonance Contrast Agents....Pages 19-29
MR Angiography Methods....Pages 31-35
Methods for flow Measurements....Pages 37-42
Introduction to motion suppression and motion correction....Pages 43-48
Practical handling....Pages 49-53
Front Matter....Pages 55-55
Anatomical Planning....Pages 57-66
Indications for cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging....Pages 67-71
Ventricular function parameters and mass measured by MRI: acquisition, postprocessing, and reference values....Pages 73-83
Left ventricular myocardial tagging....Pages 85-97
Heart Valve Function....Pages 99-104
Congenital Heart Disease and Cardiomyopathies....Pages 105-132
Cardiac tumors and masses....Pages 133-143
Myocarditis and pericarditis....Pages 145-148
MR angiography of the aorta....Pages 149-159
Peripheral magnetic resonance angiography....Pages 161-167
Dobutamine stress MR....Pages 169-179
Pathophysiology of myocardial perfusion....Pages 181-185
Absolute quantification of myocardial perfusion with magnetic resonance first-pass imaging....Pages 187-199
Front Matter....Pages 55-55
Myocardial infarction and viability....Pages 201-214
Flow measurements....Pages 215-226
Coronary artery imaging....Pages 227-240
Front Matter....Pages 241-241
Magnetic resonance imaging of atherosclerosis: classical and molecular imaging....Pages 243-255
Magnetic resonance spectroscopy of the heart....Pages 257-265
MR-guided cardiovascular interventions....Pages 267-281
Applications of contrast agents in cardiac MRI — pitfalls and new development....Pages 283-294
Back Matter....Pages 295-302

✦ Subjects

Cardiology; Imaging / Radiology; Angiology