Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Coronary Artery Disease

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xii

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2. Magnetic resonance imaging: A new approach for evaluating coronary artery disease?

   • Ernst E. van der Wall, Albert de Roos

   Pages 1-34

3. Coronary circulation

   • Albert V. G. Bruschke

   Pages 35-48

4. Magnetic resonance imaging and quantitation of blood flow

   • Albert C. van Rossum, Michiel Sprenger

   Pages 49-80

5. Imaging strategy in cardiac magnetic resonance imaging

   • Joost Doornbos, Albert de Roos

   Pages 81-95

6. MRI determination of cardiac dimensions

   • Robert E. Dinsmore

   Pages 97-111

7. Visualization of the coronary arteries

   • Manola Koch, Gustav K. Von Schulthess

   Pages 113-125

8. Magnetic resonance imaging of myocardial ischemia and infarction in experimental animal models

   • Donald L. Johnston, Robert D. Okada

   Pages 127-145

9. Magnetic resonance imaging in acute myocardial infarction

   • Martin Been, Maurice Buchalter

   Pages 147-162

10. Assessment of myocardial infarction by magnetic resonance imaging with the aid of contrast agents

    • Albert De Roos, Joost Doornbos, Niels A. A. Matheijssen, Paul R. M. Van Dijkman, Ernst E. Van Der Wall

    Pages 163-190

11. MRI: Evaluation of ventricular function in coronary artery disease

    • Frank-Michael Baer, Markus Jungehülsing, Udo Sechtem

    Pages 191-215

12. Stress magnetic resonance imaging in coronary artery disease

    • D. J. Pennell, S. R. Underwood

    Pages 217-239

13. Visualization of coronary artery bypasses with MRI

    • Alan Askenase

    Pages 241-259

14. Recent advances of magnetic resonance spectroscopy in myocardial ischemia

    • Cees J. A. Van Echteld, J. Hans Kirkels, Tom J. C. Ruigrok

    Pages 261-282

15. Back Matter

    Pages 283-288

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It is with pleasure that I write this foreword for the book "Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Coronary Artery Disease", edited by Dr. van der Wall and Dr. de Roos. I am pleased for two reasons. Firstly, as chairman of the Scientific Board of the Interuniversity Cardiology Institute of the Netherlands (ICIN), because ever since the technique became available for use in medicine and biology our Institute has tried and succeeded to promote the introduction and dev- opment of magnetic resonance imaging in cardiology in the Netherlands. ICIN was the first cardiological institute on the European continent to purchase its own nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscope for the study of myocardial metabolism. Secondly, because I have always been infatuated with this noninvasive technique that can produce cardiac images without ionic radiation and at the same time allows for the study of myocardial metabolism as well. And even more so because nuclear magnetic resonance imaging in medicine is one of the shining examples of medical progress as a result of breakthrough discoveries in physics and chemistry.

• coronary artery disease
• coronary heart disease
• magnetic resonance
• magnetic resonance imaging
• magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)

`The clinician will find this well constructed book an excellent opportunity to update his information on the progress in cardiovascular MRI.'
Acta Cardiologica 46 (2) 1991

`It is certainly an appropriate purchase for the individual imaging specialist who deals exclusively with cardiac studies. The student of diagnostic imaging is also given a good perspective of an area that has experienced an enormous expansion. It was a pleasure to review this book.'
European Journal of Nuclear Medicine 18 (5) 1991

• Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Leiden, Leiden, The Netherlands

  Ernst E. Wall

• Department of Radiology, University Hospital Leiden, Leiden, The Netherlands

  Albert Roos

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