Computed tomography of the heart has become a highly accurate diagnostic modality that is attracting increasing attention. This extensively illustrated book aims to assist the reader in integrating cardiac CT into daily clinical practice, while also reviewing its current technical status and applications. Clear guidance is provided on the performance and interpretation of imaging using the latest technology, which offers greater coverage, better spatial resolution, and faster imaging. The specific features of scanners from all four main vendors, including those that have only recently become available, are presented. Among the wide range of applications and issues to be discussed are coronaryartery bypass grafts, stents, plaques, and anomalies, cardiac valves, congenital and acquired heart disease, and radiation exposure. Upcoming clinical usesof cardiac CT, such as plaque imaging and functional assessment, are also explored. - Provides clear guidance on the performance and interpretation of cardiac CT, with a view to assisting the reader in integrating the modality into daily practice - Describes the specific features of the most recent scanners from all four main vendors - D INDICE: Introduction.- Technical and Personnel Requirements.- Anatomy.- CTin the Context of Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Management.- Cardiac CT in Clinical Practice.- Clinical Indications.- Patient Preparation.- Physics Background and Radiation Exposure.- Examination and Reconstruction.- Examinations on Different CT Scanners.- Reading and Reporting.- Coronary Artery Bypass Grafts.-Coronary Artery Stents.- Coronary Artery Plaques.- Cardiac Function.- CardiacValves.- Coronary Artery Anomalies.- Congenital and Acquired Heart Disease.- Typical Clinical Examples.- Results of Clinical Studies.- Outlook.
- ISBN: 978-3-642-14021-1
- Editorial: Springer
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 285
- Fecha Publicación: 01/10/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés