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 coronary artery bypass grafts, stents, plaques, and anomalies, cardiac valves, congenital and acquired heart disease, and radiation exposure. Upcoming clinical uses of cardiac CT, such as plaque imaging and functional assessment, are also explored.
Author(s): Marc Dewey (auth.)
Edition: 1st Edition.
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Year: 2011
Language: English
Pages: 347
Tags: Imaging / Radiology; Cardiology; Internal Medicine
Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Introduction....Pages 1-1
Technical and Personnel Requirements....Pages 3-11
Anatomy....Pages 13-28
CT in the Context of Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Management....Pages 29-31
Cardiac CT in Clinical Practice....Pages 33-41
Clinical Indications....Pages 43-52
Patient Preparation....Pages 53-57
Physics Background and Radiation Exposure....Pages 59-71
Examination and Reconstruction....Pages 73-92
Toshiba Aquilion 64 and Aquilion ONE....Pages 93-109
Siemens Somatom Sensation and Definition....Pages 111-121
Philips Brilliance 64 and Ict....Pages 123-129
General Electric Light Speed VCT and Discovery CT750HD....Pages 131-141
Reading and Reporting....Pages 143-170
Coronary Artery Bypass Grafts....Pages 171-178
Coronary Artery Stents....Pages 179-190
Coronary Artery Plaques....Pages 191-200
Cardiac Function....Pages 201-216
Cardiac Valves....Pages 217-230
Coronary Artery Anomalies....Pages 231-247
Congenital and Acquired Heart Disease....Pages 249-264
Typical Clinical Examples....Pages 265-317
Results of Clinical Studies....Pages 319-321
Outlook....Pages 323-330
Back Matter....Pages 331-333
