Anatomy of the heart by multislice computed tomography / [edited by] Francesco Fulvio Faletra, Natesa G. Pandian, Siew Yen Ho.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Faletra, Francesco Fulvio.

Pandian, Natesa G.

Ho, Siew Yen.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Heart--Tomography.

Heart.

Cardiovascular system--Anatomy.

Cardiovascular system.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (136 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; Hoboken, NJ : Wiley-Blackwell, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

New MSCT machines produce a volume data set with the highest isotropic spatial resolution ever seen, offering superb 3D images of the entire heart and vessels. The texts currently available on cardiac CT imaging mainly focus on visualizing pathological aspects of coronary arteries. Anatomy of the Heart by Multislice Computed Tomography is the first text to bridge the gap between classical anatomy textbooks and CT textbooks, presenting a side-by-side comparison of 'electronic' dissection made by CT scanning and traditionally hand-made anatomical dissection. Focusing on the fundament

Contents:

Anatomy of the Heart by MultisliceComputed Tomography; Preface; Acknowledgments; CHAPTER 1 Basic Principles Additional contributor: A. Mayer, MD; CHAPTER 2Location of the Heart: Body Planesand Axis; CHAPTER 3Cardiac Planes; CHAPTER 4The Right Heart; CHAPTER 5The Left Heart; CHAPTER 6The Cardiac Valves; CHAPTER 7The Cardiac Septum; CHAPTER 8 Coronary Artery Anatomy Additional contributor: Giovanni Pedrazzini, MD; CHAPTER 9Coronary Vein Anatomy; CHAPTER 10 Coronary Artery Bypass Grafts Additional contributor: Stefanos Demertzis; Index

A CD-Rom with video clips is included at the back of the book

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612007811

9781282007819

1282007815

9781444300550

1444300555

9781444300567

1444300563

OCLC:

437096637