Overview
- First text to review all imaging modalities used to investigate myocardial ischemia
- Contributing authors are leading authorities specifically picked to stimulate debate into the most effective imaging modalities in myocardial ischemia
- Highly illustrated, comparing the results of each imaging modality in comparison with the alternatives
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Table of contents (18 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
Ischemic heart disease (IHD) is the main cause of morbidity and mortality in the developed world. Despite advances and new developments in primary and secondary prevention, the prevalence of the disease and its complications remain high. Early detection has been shown to reduce significantly the risk of cardiac events such as myocardial infarction and death, while modern cardiology now provides specialists and general physicians with a variety of procedures for the assessment of IHD using noninvasive methods. This book reviews the currently available imaging techniques for the diagnosis and management of IHD. In addition, the role of cardiac imaging for the detection of viability and hibernation is discussed in detail.
Reviews
From the reviews:
Doody's Rating: 3 stars
Reviewer: Seth Jay Kligerman, MD, MS(University of Colorado School of Medicine)
Description: This book describes in detail the various imaging modalities used to evaluate myocardial ischemia. Additionally, the pathophysiology of myocardial ischemia is discussed in detail.
Purpose: The purpose of the book, according to the author, is to discuss the pathophysiology of myocardial ischemia as well as the various radiologic modalities used in its evaluation. These are worthy objectives, given the recent advances in the field over the past few years. The author meets his objectives.
Audience: According to the author, the book is written for any practitioner interested in noninvasive imaging of cardiac ischemia. I believe the book is intended primarily for nonradiologists interested in cardiac imaging. The authors are credible authorities.
Features: The first part of the book covers basic cardiac anatomy and physiology and the pathophysiology of myocardial ischemia. The second part covers the various imaging modalities (echocardiography, radionuclide imaging, CT, and MRI) used in the evaluation of myocardial ischemia. As a radiologist, I enjoyed the detailed discussion on the pathophysiology of myocardial ischemia. However, the book is limited in its discussion of MRI pulse sequences used in cardiac MR.
Assessment: Overall, this is an excellent book that provides a detailed look at the use of different radiologic imaging studies in the evaluation of myocardial ischemia. Additionally, the discussion on the pathophysiology of myocardial ischemia is a nice addition for radiologists and nonradiologists.
Score: Weighted Numerical Score: 84
"Noninvasive Imaging of Myocardial Ischemia is a concise review of current multimodality imaging techniques used for the evaluation of ischemic heart disease. The intended audience includes physicians and trainees involved in cardiac imaging, particularly radiologists, nuclear medicine physicians, and cardiologists. … the book successfully gathers together a large amount of cardiac imaging research, digests it, and provides the reader with a concise picture of current utilization and future trends. I would recommend … as a useful guide to the present status of the field." (Paul R. Jolles, Radiology, Vol. 244 (3), 2007)
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Dr C. D. Anagnostopoulos is working at the Royal Brompton Hospital, he is an ex-president of the British Nuclear Cardiology Society and Guest Editor to the HEART journal. Dr Nihoyannopoulos is Secretary of the European Working Group on Echocardiography and Deputy Editor of the Eur J Echocardiography. He is currently the head of the Echocardiography laboratories at Hammersmith Hospital. Professor Jeroen Bax (Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands). Professor Ernst Van der Wall (Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands) is an extremely influential name in cardiac imaging. He has written or edited numerous cardiac imaging books and is one of the most respected names in the field.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Noninvasive Imaging of Myocardial Ischemia
Editors: Constantinos D Anagnostopoulos, Petros Nihoyannopoulos, Jeroen J. Bax, Ernst Wall
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/1-84628-156-3
Publisher: Springer London
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag London 2006
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-84628-027-6Published: 13 April 2006
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4471-7121-8Published: 23 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-1-84628-156-3Published: 22 December 2006
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 319
Topics: Cardiology, Diagnostic Radiology, Imaging / Radiology, Nuclear Medicine, Ultrasound, Angiology