Clinical cardiac CT: anatomy and function

✍ Scribed by Halpern, Ethan J

• Publisher: Thieme
• Year: 2011
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 447
• Edition: 2nd ed
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Praise for the First Edition:
"Well written, well organized [and] easy to read...provides everything that a physician would need to know in order to include cardiac CT in his or her practice...this book was a pleasure to read."--Radiology

With a special emphasis on the complementary nature of anatomic and functional cardiac data, Clinical Cardiac CT: Anatomy and Function -- now in a lavishly illustrated Second Edition -- ensures physicians develop the skills they need to interpret cardiac CT images with confidence.

This volume begins with a brief introduction to the essentials of CT technique, normal cardiac anatomy, and anatomic anomalies. The expert authors then discuss the clinical application of cardiac CT for risk stratification, how to evaluate coronary artery disease, and the preoperative planning for and postoperative assessment of percutaneous cardiac procedures, including coronary stents and bypass grafts.

Features:

• Entirely new chapters address evaluation of the
  thoracic aorta, congenital heart disease in the adult, triple rule-out CT
  angiography, and the latest innovations in cardiac CT
  
• 1,157 high-resolution CT images -- including over 500
  images that are new to this edition -- demonstrate the full range of normal
  cardiac variations and pathologic findings
  
• An accompanying DVD contains 3-D displays of anatomic
  relationships and cine clips of more than 200 cases that demonstrate cardiac
  function and valve evaluation
  
• New information on frontier techniques, including
  myocardial perfusion and targeted contrast agents

This highly visual reference
is a must-have for anyone involved in performing or interpreting cardiac CT
images. It is an essential resource for radiologists, cardiologists, or
cardiothoracic surgeons, as well as for residents or fellows preparing for Boards or a cardiac imaging rotation.

✦ Table of Contents

Content: Key issues in cardiac CT / Ethan J. Halpern --
Technique, protocols, instrumentation, and radiation dose / Ethan J. Halpern --
Normal coronary anatomy / Ethan J. Halpern and David C. Levin --
Coronary anomalies / Ethan J. Halpern and David C. Levin --
Calcium scoring / Ethan J. Halpern and David M. Shipon --
Coronary artery disease / Jonathan Gomberg and Ethan J. Halpern --
Coronary stents / David Fischman and Aaron M. Giltner --
Bypass grafts / Linda J. Bogar, Stephanie Fuller, and James T. Diehl --
Cardiac morphology and function / Ethan J. Halpern and Alyson N. Owen --
Valve assessment / Ethan J. Halpern and Donna Zwas --
Ablation in the left atrium / Behzad B. Pavri and Ethan J. Halpern --
Cardiac interventions / Panayotis Fasseas and Daniel J. McCormick --
Thoracic aorta / Scott C. Silvestry, James T. Diehl, and Ethan J. Halpern --
Congenital heart disease in the adult / Robert A. Quaife ... [et al.] --
Triple rule-out CT angiography for evaluation of acute chest pain and suspected acute coronary syndrome / Ethan J. Halpern --
Innovations in cardiac CT : slice wars, dual energy, myocardial perfusion, and targeted contrast agents / Jacob Sosna, Galit Aviram, and Ethan J. Halpern.

✦ Subjects

Coronary Disease;diagnostic imaging;Radiography;Heart;anatomy & histology;Tomography, X-Ray Computed;methods;Heart;Tomography.;HEALTH & FITNESS;Diseases;Heart.;MEDICAL;Cardiology.