This book covers the full scope of radiological modalities to examine the coronary arteries and the coronary vessel wall. Today, a complete new era has emerged in cardiac and coronary imaging in which everyone can be informed about the condition of his or her coronary arteries non-invasively and in one simple, short examination. Since every radiologist will visualize many coronaries daily during routine CT examinations, including those in asymptomatic patients, it is of the utmost importance not to neglect this information but to learn how to interpret and communicate it within the medical community and to the patient.
This second edition of Coronary Radiology covers the latest developments. Not only new acquisition technologies, but also the substantial improvements made by postprocessing software developers, new fields of indication for coronary imaging and the latest guidelines on acute chest pain and coronary calcification assessment are discussed. All authors contributing to this edition are key international authorities in the field endorsed by both the European Society of Cardiac Radiology as well as the North American Society of Cardiac Imaging.
This splendid volume should be on the shelves of all radiologists involved in cardiac radiology. Radiologists in training will find all relevant basic information to help them better understand and conduct coronary imaging, while the book is equally recommended to cardiologists and cardiac surgeons as a support in their daily clinical management of patients.
This second edition of Coronary Radiology covers the latest developments. Not only new acquisition technologies, but also the substantial improvements made by postprocessing software developers, new fields of indication for coronary imaging and the latest guidelines on acute chest pain and coronary calcification assessment are discussed. All authors contributing to this edition are key international authorities in the field endorsed by both the European Society of Cardiac Radiology as well as the North American Society of Cardiac Imaging.
This splendid volume should be on the shelves of all radiologists involved in cardiac radiology. Radiologists in training will find all relevant basic information to help them better understand and conduct coronary imaging, while the book is equally recommended to cardiologists and cardiac surgeons as a support in their daily clinical management of patients.
Book Contents
1 Coronary Anatomy
2 Invasive Coronary Imaging
2.1 Conventional Catheterisation
2.2 Quantitative Coronary Arteriography
2.3 Clinical Intracoronary Ultrasound
2.4 Quantitative Coronary Ultrasound (QCU)
3 Non-Invasive Coronary Imaging
3.1 Multi-Detector Row Computed Tomography – Technical Principles, New System Concepts, and Clinical Applications
3.2 Developments in MR Coronary Angiography
3.3 Clinical Implementation of Coronary Imaging
3.4 MDCT in Acute Coronary Syndrome
3.5 Coronary CT Angiography Guidance for Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty
3.6 Use of Multidetector Computed Tomography for the Assessment of Acute Chest Pain: Guidelines of the North American Society of Cardiac Imaging and the European Society of Cardiac Radiology
4 Non-Invasive Measurement of Coronary Atherosclerosis
4.1 Pathophysiology of Coronary Atherosclerosis and Calcification
4.2 Detection and Quantification of Coronary Calcification
4.4 Coronary Calcium as an Indicator of Coronary Artery Disease
4.5 Epidemiology of Coronary Calcification
4.6 Coronary Artery Calcium Screening: Current Status and Recommendations from the European Society of Cardiac Radiology and North American Society for Cardiovascular Imaging
5 Multi-Dimensional Computed Cardiac Visualization
Book Details
- Editor: Matthijs Oudkerk, Maximilian F. Reiser, and Albert L. Baert
- Hardcover: 354 pages
- Publisher: Springer; 2nd edition (December 8, 2009)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 3540329838
- ISBN-13: 978-3540329831
- Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 7.8 x 0.8 inches