Overview
- Clear guidance on the performance and interpretation of cardiac CT, with a view to assisting the reader in integrating the modality into daily practice
- Description of the features of the most recent scanners from all four main vendors
- Discussion of upcoming clinical applications of cardiac CT, such as plaque assessment, hybrid imaging, assistance in cardiac interventions, and assessment of myocardial perfusion and cardiac function
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (29 chapters)
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About this book
Cardiac computed tomography (CT) has become a highly accurate diagnostic modality that continues to attract 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 while also providing functional information about cardiac diseases. 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 discussed are coronary calcium scoring, coronary artery bypass grafts, stents, and anomalies, cardiac valves and function, congenital and acquired heart disease, and radiation exposure. Upcoming clinical uses of cardiac CT, such as hybrid imaging, preparation and follow-up after valve replacement, electrophysiology applications, myocardial perfusion and fractional flow reserve assessment, and plaque imaging, are also explored.
Reviews
From the book reviews:
“This is the second edition of a very efficient source of current information on the practical application of cardiac CT. … The book is written for practitioners, specifically cardiologists. … This is a high quality and useful book on the use of cardiac CT.” (Robert Harrold, Doody’s Book Reviews, January, 2015)Authors and Affiliations
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Cardiac CT
Authors: Marc Dewey
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-41883-9
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-41882-2Published: 01 September 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-50656-1Published: 23 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-41883-9Published: 22 May 2014
Edition Number: 2
Number of Pages: XIII, 498
Number of Illustrations: 173 b/w illustrations, 246 illustrations in colour
Topics: Imaging / Radiology, Cardiology, Internal Medicine