Cardiac CT, PET and MR / edited by Vasken Dilsizian and Gerald M. Pohost ; foreword by Robert O. Bonow.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dilsizian, Vasken.

Pohost, Gerald M.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cardiovascular system--Imaging.

Cardiovascular system.

Cardiovascular system--Tomography.

Cardiovascular system--Magnetic resonance imaging.

Tomography, Emission.

Diagnostic Techniques, Cardiovascular.

Coronary Vessels--diagnostic imaging.

Diagnostic Imaging--methods.

Heart--diagnostic imaging.

Tomography.

Medical Subjects:

Diagnostic Techniques, Cardiovascular.

Coronary Vessels--diagnostic imaging.

Diagnostic Imaging--methods.

Heart--diagnostic imaging.

Physical Description:

ix, 262 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Malden, Mass. : Blackwell Futura, 2006.

Summary:

The standard procedure for defining the anatomic extent and severity of coronary artery disease is catheter-based selective coronary angiography. While there are advantages to coronary angiography, it is invasive with some risk of complications and requires a brief period of hospitalization, making it relatively expensive. Cardiac CT, PET and MR is a complete technique-oriented reference, offering real alternatives to the "standard procedure".

Non-invasive techniques of coronary artery lumen imaging, such as multislice computed tomography (MSCT) and magnetic resonance imaging (CMR) as well as complementary and at times more useful physiologic and/or metabolic imaging techniques provided by positron emission tomography (PET) are clearly detailed throughout this book. Cardiac CT, PET and MR therefore provides an excellent reference for all cardiologists, radiologists, and nuclear medicine physicians involved in the diagnosis and risk assessment of patients with known or suspected coronary artery disease. With the advent of these non-invasive techniques, the future of invasive coronary angiography will be reserved primarily for therapeutic rather than diagnostic purposes. Accordingly, this book provides a unique and essential contribution to the developing field for both physicians and students.

Contents:

Positron emission tomography / Stephen L. Bacharach

Cardiovascular magnetic resonance: basic principles, methods and techniques / Joseph B. Selvanayagam ... [et al.]

Multidetector and electron-beam computed tomography of the heart / Robert Detrano and Nathan D. Wong

PET assessment of myocardial perfusion / Marcelo F. DiCarli

PET: metabolism, innervation and receptors / Frank M. Bengel, Markus Schwaiger

MR angiography: coronaries and great vessels / Patricia Nguyen, Philip Yang

Cardiovascular magnetic resonance: evaluation of myocardial function, perfusion and viability / Padmini Varadarajan ... [et al.]

MSCT coronary imaging / Koen Nieman

Cardiac computed tomography: evaluation of myocardial function, perfusion and viability / Subha V. Raman, Patrick M. Colletti

PET and MRI in cardiac imaging / Stephan G. Nekolla

PET and CT in cardiac imaging: is a paradigm shift from SPECT to hybrid PET/CT inevitable? / Henning Braess, Vasken Dilsizian.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1405124474

OCLC:

62302271

Publisher Number:

9781405124478