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Principles of Cardiac and Vascular Computed Tomography

  • 1st Edition - July 31, 2014
  • Latest edition
  • Authors: Stuart J. Hutchison, Naeem Merchant
  • Language: English

Principles of Cardiac and Vascular Computed Tomography has everything you need to successfully obtain and interpret CT and CTA images. Stuart J. Hutchison—a premier cardiac imagi… Read more

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Principles of Cardiac and Vascular Computed Tomography has everything you need to successfully obtain and interpret CT and CTA images. Stuart J. Hutchison—a premier cardiac imaging specialist—explains the dos and don’ts of CCT so you get the best images and avoid artifacts. Clinically oriented, practical information is presented in a consistent format that ensures finding everything is quick and easy, while high-quality images and online access combine to make this the one cardiovascular computed tomography resource that has it all.

Key features

  • Access the fully searchable contents online at Expert Consult, along with an image library and videos of CTA procedures.
  • Focused, clinically oriented, and practical information ensures you're equipped with the coverage that you need—from evidence-based CTA to determination of coronary calcium to noncoronary lesions.
  • Instructions on how to and how not to perform cardiovascular computed tomography allow you to obtain the best image quality and avoid artifacts.
  • High-quality images—many in color—reinforce the text and provide a clear visual understanding.
  • Numerous tables with useful values and settings help you master probe settings and measurements.
  • A consistent format makes for quick and easy reference.

Readership

Cardiology

Table of contents

1 Introduction

2

Overview of the Process, Exclusions and Risks, and Preparation

3

Radiation and Radiation Risk

4

Contrast Enhancement

5

Noise and Artifacts

6

CT Coronary Angiography

7

CTA Assessment of Coronary Artery Stents

8

CTA Assessment of Saphenous Vein Grafts and Internal Thoracic (Mammary) Arteries

9

Coronary Artery Anomalies of Origin and Course

10

Coronary Artery Anomalies of Termination: Fistulae and Arteriovenous Malformations

11

Coronary Artery Aneurysms

12

Coronary Artery Dissections

13

Coronary Ostial and Left Main Stem Lesions, Spasm, and Thrombus

14

Determination of Coronary Calcium

15

Pericardial Diseases

16

Assessment of Native Cardiac Valves

17

Assessment of Prosthetic Heart Valves

18

Assessment of Infective Endocarditis and Valvular Tumors

19

Assessment of Left Ventricular Function, Infarction, Perfusion, and Viability

20

Assessment of Left Ventricular Structural Abnormalities

21

Myopathies

22

Electrophysiologic Applications of Cardiac CT

23

Cardiac and Paracardiac Masses

24

Simple Congenital Heart Disease

25

Assessment of Complex and Repaired Congenital Heart Disease

26

Aortic Diseases

27

Assessment of Peripheral Vascular Diseases

28

Pulmonary Embolism and Other Pulmonary Artery Lesions

29

Caval Anatomy: Variants and Lesions

30

Noncoronary/Noncardiac Lesions

Review quotes

This book provides the guidance and expertise you the student or practicing cardiologist needs to get high-quality images of the heart and the vessels in order to properly diagnose disease. It gives you the various do’s and don’ts in getting and interpreting cardiac computed tomography scans (CCTs), written by two cardiac imaging specialists.One outstanding feature of this book is its immense number and clarity of the images. Some are black-and-white, while others are two-color or multi-color. Most of the pages contain at least one image and some of them have as many as a dozen. In the captions, you will also find detailed descriptions of the conditions depicted in the photos.This is an excellent book on the subject of cardiac and vascular CT. ~Nano Khilnani

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: October 17, 2014
  • Language: English

About the authors

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Stuart J. Hutchison

Affiliations and expertise
Clinical Professor of Medicine, Departments of Cardiac Sciences, Medicine and Radiology, University of Calgary; Director of Echocardiography, Foothills Medical Centre and Libin Cardiovascular Institute, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

NM

Naeem Merchant

Affiliations and expertise
Clinical Professor of Medicine, Departments of Cardiac Sciences, Medicine, and Radiology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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