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Atlas of Non-Invasive Coronary Angiography by Multidetector Computed Tomography

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Editors:
  1. Guillem Pons-Lladó

    1. Cardiac Imaging Unit Cardiology Department Hospital de la Santa Creu I Sant Pau, Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

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  2. Rubén Leta-Petracca

    1. Cardiac Imaging Unit Cardiology Department Hospital de la Santa Creu I Sant Pau, Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

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  • Over 160 illustrations, 116 in color
  • Written by cardiologists and radiologists
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine (DICM, volume 259)

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
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  2. Introduction

    • Guillem Pons-Lladó
    Pages 1-1

  3. Basics and Performance of Cardiac Computed Tomography

    • Xavier Alomar-Serrallach, Ernesto Castillo-Gallo, Guillem Pons-Lladó
    Pages 3-13

  4. Normal Anatomy and Congenital Abnormalities of the Coronary Arteries

    • Rubén Leta-Petracca
    Pages 15-42

  5. Detection and Quantification of Coronary Artery Calcium by MDCT

    • Francesc Carreras
    Pages 43-49

  6. Coronary Artery Stenoses: Detection, Quantitation and Characterization

    • Rubén Leta-Petracca, Sandra Pujadas, Guillem Pons-Lladó
    Pages 51-111

  7. Morphological and Functional Assessment of Heart Chambers by MDCT

    • Guillem Pons-Lladó
    Pages 113-123

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 125-129
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Chapter 1: Basics and Performance of Cardiac Computed Tomography 3 Xavier Alomar-Serrallach, Ernesto Castillo-Gallo, Guillem Pons-Lladó 1. 1 Introduction 3 1. 2 Historical Perspective of Computed Tomography 3 1. 3 Basic Principles of Multidetector Computed Tomography in the Study of the Heart 4 1. 3. 1 Detectors 5 1. 3. 2 Image reconstruction 5 1. 3. 3 Temporal resolution 7 1. 3. 4 Spatial resolution 7 1. 3. 5 Control of radiation dose 8 1. 4 Performance of a Cardiac MDCT Study 9 1. 4. 1 Preparation of the patient 9 1. 4. 2 Image acquisition and contrast administration 9 1. 4. 3 Image reconstruction 11 Chapter 2: Normal Anatomy and Congenital Abnormalities of the Coronary Arteries 15 Rubén Leta-Petracca 2. 1 Introduction 15 2. 2 Left Coronary Artery 17 2. 2. 1 Left main (LM) artery 17 2. 2. 2 Left anterior descending (LAD) 18 2. 2. 3 Left circum?ex (LCx) 22 2. 2. 4 Intermediate coronary artery 23 2. 3 Right Coronary Artery (RCA) 26 2. 4 Pattern of Dominance of the Coronary Arteries 302. 5 Congenital Anomalies of the Coronary Arteries 33 2. 5. 1 Anomalies relatable to myocardial ischemia 35 2. 5. 2 Anomalies not leading to myocardial ischemia 37 Chapter 3: Detection and Quanti?cation of Coronary Artery Calcium by MDCT 43 Francesc Carreras 3. 1 Introduction 43 3. 2 CAC Quanti?cation: The Agatston Method 44 3.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Cardiac Imaging Unit Cardiology Department Hospital de la Santa Creu I Sant Pau, Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

    Guillem Pons-Lladó, Rubén Leta-Petracca

About the editors

Guillem Pons-Llado, MD is the Director of the Cardiac Imaging Unit and Ruben Leta-Petracca, MD is in the Cardiac Imaging Unit at the Hospital de la Santa Creu I Santa Pau, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona in Barcelona, Spain.

 

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Atlas of Non-Invasive Coronary Angiography by Multidetector Computed Tomography

  • Editors: Guillem Pons-Lladó, Rubén Leta-Petracca

  • Series Title: Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-33048-8

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag US 2006

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-387-33044-0Published: 02 November 2006

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4899-7896-7Published: 23 August 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-33048-8Published: 06 March 2007

  • Series ISSN: 0166-9842

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VII, 129

  • Topics: Cardiology, Imaging / Radiology

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