Full Description
Since its clinical introduction almost 20 years ago, cardiac CT has been embraced as an indispensable noninvasive cardiac imaging modality and an important first-line test for coronary artery disease. Beyond coronary artery disease, the potential of cardiac CT has become evident for diagnosis and guidance of treatment in a variety of other cardiac pathologies, including valvular disease, atrial fibrillation and other arrhythmias, endocarditis, cardiac masses, cardiomyopathies, and others.
The European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging (EACVI) has declared as one of their foremost priorities to facilitate education and training in cardiovascular CT through teaching courses, congresses, and a structured certification program. This handbook represents an important step towards dissemination of skills and knowledge in cardiovascular CT. It is a concise and practical companion, to benefit students, trainees or advanced users; cardiologists, radiologists, cardiac surgeons or technicians, in their everyday practice.
Four broad sections cover technical aspects and physical background, coronary indications (e.g. coronary CT angiography, atherosclerosis imaging, stents & bypasses, functional CT imaging, etc.), non-coronary indications (CT for valve disease, infective endocarditis, CT of the left atrium, congenital heart disease, cardiac masses, extracardiac findings, etc.), and finally training and competence in cardiac CT. The handbook features short chapters, enriched with illustrations, tables and condensed summaries, facilitating rapid and intuitive access.
Contents
1.Technical background, patient preparation, quality/safety
1.1: Marcel van Straten, Sebastian Vandermolen, and Francesca Pugliese: Key hardware components
1.2: Ulrike Haberland and Thomas Allmendinger: Technical specifications
1.3: Alexia Rossi, Martina DeKnegt, and Jens Hove: Physical background of radiation
1.4: Ronak Rajani and Mihaly Karolyi: Patient selection and preparation
1.5: Ulrike Haberland, Thomas Allmendinger, and Francesca Pugliese: Scanner setup and image acquisition protocols
1.6: Jamal Khan, Sarah Moharem-Elgamal, and Francesca Pugliese: Image reconstruction, post-processing and analysis
1.7: Anna Beattie and Francesca Pugliese: Radiation exposure
1.8: Oliver Gaemperli: Image artifacts
1.9: Mohamed Marwan and Mihaly Karolyi: Tips and tricks to improve image quality
1.10: Casper Mihl and Bibi Martens: Contrast agents and injection protocols
1.11: Ricardo Budde, Sarah Moharem-Elgamal, and Francesca Pugliese: Challenging scenarios
2. Indications: Coronary artery disease
2.1: Martin Willemink: Coronary artery calcium Imaging
2.2: Balint Szilveszter, Csilla Celeng, Richard Takx, and Pál Maurovich-Horvat: Coronary CT angiography interpretation and reporting
2.3: Tessa Genders: Patients with chronic coronary syndrome
2.4: Domenico Mastrodicasa: CT-based fractional flow reserve
2.5: Koen Nieman and Gianluca Pontone: Myocardial perfusion and scar imaging
2.6: Marton Kolossvary: Atherosclerotic plaque imaging
2.7: Sujana Balla and Koen Nieman: Stents and bypass grafts
2.8: Andrew Chang, Ian Rogers, and Koen Nieman: Coronary anomalies
2.9: Admir Dedic and Murat Arslan: Patients with acute coronary syndrome
2.10: Andrea Bartykowszki: Graft vasculopathy in transplanted hearts
3. Non-CAD indications
3.1: Richard Takx and Csilla Celeng: Ventricular dimensions and function
3.2: Giuseppe Muscogiuri: Cardiac reference values
3.3: Giuseppe Muscogiuri: Aortic valve disease
3.4: Marco Guglielmo: Preprocedural aortic valve assessment
3.5: Marco Guglielmo: Mitral valve disease
3.6: Andrea Baggiano: Postprocedural valve assessment
3.7: Marco Guglielmo: Left atrium and pulmonary veins
3.8: Andrea Baggiano: Infective endocarditis
3.9: Michael Messerli: Great thoracic vessels
3.10: Andreas Giannopoulos: Adult congenital heart disease
3.11: Dominik Benz: Cardiomyopathies
3.12: Andreas Giannopoulos: Cardiac masses
3.13: Sarah Moharem: Pericardial disease
3.14: Dominik Benz: Implanted cardiac devices
3.15: Michael Messerli: Extracardiac findings
3.16: Marton Kolossvary: Artificial intelligence
4. Training and competence in cardiac CT
4.1: Andrea Baggiano: EACVI certification standards in Cardiac CT
