Full Description
This book provides a practical, easy to understand approach to the clinical practice of cardiac CT imaging. Written by international leaders in the field with many years of experience in education and practice, the book provides the necessary background to understand all aspects of cardiac CT imaging paired with practical instructions to acquire CT images, optimize image for interpretation, and to appropriately interpret scans. An emphasis is placed on concise text, abundance of tables and illustrations, and easily searchable information. The book builds on years of experience in educating and instructing physicians on all aspects of cardiac CT imaging. The book includes chapters on latest and evolving technologies and envisions a link to online applications for enhanced, readily available instruction.
This book offers valuable assistance to medical practitioners and trainees on how to safely acquire and interpret cardiac CT images for a wide spectrum of indications, including coronary heart disease, cardiac rhythm disorders, structural heart disease, interventional cardiology, and valvular heart disease.
Contents
Computed Tomography (CT) Fundamentals - Shuai Leng.- Image Reconstruction and Postprocessing in Cardiac CT- Rhanderson Cardoso.- Introduction to the Cardiac CT Imaging Workstation—Ed Shapiro.-Indications for Cardiac CT Imaging - Zadeh .- Patient Preparation and Image Acquisition in Cardiac CT - Kofoed.- Radiation Risks and Safety in Cardiac CT - Zadeh.- Difficult Cardiac CT Scan Conditions - Jin Hur.- Recognizing and Addressing Artifacts in Cardiac CT - Jeannie Yuh.- Calcium Scoring and Interpretation in Cardiac CT - Seamus Whelton.- Coronary CT Anatomy - Jeannie Yu.- Coronary Stenosis Assessment by CT - Hoe.- Pitfalls in Coronary CTA Interpretation - Hoe.- Advanced Plaque Evaluation by CT - Zadeh.- Functional CT Assessment of Coronary Stenoses - Kavitha Chinnaiyan.- Coronary Stent CT Imaging and Interpretation - Edward Shapiro.- Coronary Artery Bypass Graft CT Imaging and Interpretation - Edward Shapiro.- LV and RV Evaluation by CT- Eu-Ju Kang.- Myocardial Perfusion and Viability CT Imaging - Joao Lima.- Noncoronary Cardiac CT Assessment - Don H Yun Yang.- CT for Diseases of the Great Vessels - Stefan Zimmerman.- CT for Congenital Heart Disease - Kristina Fuss.- Important Noncardiac CT Findings - Ng Yuen Li.- CT for TAVR Guidance - Stefan Zimmerman.- CT for Electrophysiology Applications - Seamus Whelton.- Generating the Cardiac CT Report - Zadeh.
