Problem Solving in Cardiovascular Imaging

Description

Optimize diagnostic accuracy with Cardiovascular Imaging, a title in the popular Problem Solving in Radiology series. Drs. Suhny Abbara and Sanjeeva Kalva use a problem-based approach to help you make optimal use of the latest cardiovascular imaging techniques and achieve confident diagnoses.

Table of contents

Section I Imaging Technique

1 Echocardiography
2 Coronary Angiography: Technique
3 Cardiac Gated Computed Tomography
4 Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Techniques and Protocols
5 Radionuclide Imaging (Cardiac)
6 Vascular Ultrasound
7 Computed Tomography Angiography (Vascular)
8 Magnetic Resonance Angiography: Technique
9 Catheter Angiography (Vascular)
10 When to Choose What Test (Cardiac)

Section II Anatomy

11 Cardiovascular Anatomy and Pathology on Radiography
12 Cardiac Anatomy on Computed Tomography
13 Cardiac Anatomy on Magnetic Resonance Imaging
14 Cardiac Anatomy on Coronary Angiography
15 Vascular Anatomy and Variants
16 Comparative Anatomy

Section III Devices

17 Cardiac Valves
18 Cardiac Devices
19 Vascular Devices

Section IV Special Situations

20 Imaging for Congenital Cardiovascular Disease
21 Role of Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Cardiomyopathies
22 Atherosclerosis: Role of Calcium Scoring
23 Cardiac Computed Tomography for the Evaluation of Acute Coronary Syndrome in the Emergency Department
24 Imaging the Postoperative Thoracic Aorta
25 Inflammatory and Infectious Vascular Disorders
26 Current Role of Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Suspected Myocarditis
27 Radiation Issues

Section V Disease Entities by Anatomic Region

28 Myocardial Ischemic Disease: Magnetic Resonance Imaging
29 Myocardial Ischemic Disease: Nuclear
30 Myocardial Ischemic Disease: Computed Tomography
31 Myocardial Nonischemic Cardiomyopathies
32 Cardiac Masses
33 Pericardial Disease
34 Valves: Echocardiography
35 Valves: Magnetic Resonance Imaging
36 Valves: Computed Tomography
37 Coronary Arteries: Anomalies, Normal Variants, Aneurysms, and Fistulas
38 Coronary Arteries: Coronary Atherosclerosis Disease
39 Coronary Artery Bypass Grafts
40 Pulmonary Veins, Atria, and Atrial Appendage
41 Septal Defects and Other Cardiovascular Shunts
42 Pulmonary Arteries
43 Carotid and Vertebral Arteries
44 Thoracic Aorta and Its Branches
45 Bronchial Arteries
46 Abdominal Aorta and Branches
47 Upper Extremity Arteries
48 Lower Extremity Arteries
49 Deep Venous Thrombosis
50 Venous Insufficiency
51 Vascular Anomalies