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Diseases of the Chest and Heart

Diagnostic Imaging and Interventional Techniques

  • Provides a condensed overview of relevant topics in chest and heart diseases
  • Chapters are disease-oriented and cover all major imaging modalities
  • Relevant not only for radiologists, oncologists, surgeons, but also for clinicians in other specialties wishing to update their knowledge in this field

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Table of contents (36 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XI
  2. Workshops

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Update in the Diagnosis and Staging of Lung Cancer

      • José Vilar, Jeremy J. Erasmus
      Pages 3-16
    3. Computed Tomography Diagnosis and Management of Focal Lung Disease

      • Ioannis Vlahos, Gerald F. Abbott
      Pages 17-22
    4. Approach to Imaging of Mediastinal Conditions in the Adult

      • Sanjeev Bhalla, José Caceres
      Pages 23-28
    5. Current Approaches to Chronic and Acute Airway Diseases

      • Philippe A. Grenier, Jeffrey P. Kanne
      Pages 29-36
    6. Investigating a Child with a “Cough”: A Pragmatic Approach

      • Maria do Rosario Matos, George A. Taylor, Catherine M. Owens
      Pages 37-45
    7. Thoracic Manifestations of Pediatric Systemic Diseases

      • Edward Y. Lee, Alan S. Brody
      Pages 46-56
    8. Modern Diagnosis in the Evaluation of Pulmonary Vascular Disease

      • Alexander A. Bankier, Christoph Engelke
      Pages 57-62
    9. Imaging of Pulmonary Infections

      • Philip Goodman, Helmut Prosch, Christian J. Herold
      Pages 63-70
    10. Imaging of Thoracic Trauma

      • Loren Ketai, Caroline Chiles
      Pages 71-79
    11. Plain Film and HRCT Diagnosis of Interstitial Lung Disease

      • Sujal R. Desai, Jeffrey R. Galvin
      Pages 88-93
    12. A Systematic Approach to Chest Radiographic Diagnosis

      • Melissa L. Rosado-de-Christenson, Jeffrey S. Klein
      Pages 94-100
    13. Diseases of the Chest Wall, Pleura, and Diaphragm

      • Aine Kelly, Nicola Sverzellati
      Pages 101-109
    14. Pulmonary Manifestations of Systemic Diseases

      • Cornelia Schaefer-Prokop, Brett M. Elicker
      Pages 110-118
    15. Incidental Findings on Thoracic and Cardiac CT

      • Lynn S. Broderick, Shawn D. Teague
      Pages 129-133
    16. Cardiac Magnetic Resonance

      • Didier Revel, David A. Bluemke
      Pages 134-142
    17. An Integrative Approach to the Imaging of Ischemic Heart Disease

      • Albert de Roos, Danilo Neglia
      Pages 143-148

About this book

Written by internationally renowned experts, this volume is a collection of chapters dealing with imaging diagnosis and interventional therapies in chest and heart disease. The different topics are disease-oriented and encompass all the relevant imaging modalities including X-ray technology, nuclear medicine, ultrasound and magnetic resonance, as well as image-guided interventional techniques. The book represents a condensed overview of many topics relevant in chest and heart disease and is aimed at residents in radiology as well as at experienced radiologists wishing to be updated on the current state-of-the art.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland

    J. Hodler, G. K. Schulthess

  • Kantonsspital, Baden, Switzerland

    R. A. Kubik-Huch

  • Kilchberg/Zurich, Switzerland

    Ch. L. Zollikofer

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Diseases of the Chest and Heart

  • Book Subtitle: Diagnostic Imaging and Interventional Techniques

  • Editors: J. Hodler, G. K. Schulthess, R. A. Kubik-Huch, Ch. L. Zollikofer

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-5752-4

  • Publisher: Springer Milano

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Italia 2015

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-88-470-5751-7Published: 23 March 2015

  • eBook ISBN: 978-88-470-5752-4Published: 02 May 2015

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 269

  • Topics: Diagnostic Radiology, Interventional Radiology, Cardiac Imaging

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Buying options

eBook USD 39.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
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  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 54.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

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