Cardiovascular Imaging

Yi-Hwa Liu
Assistant Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine, Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, CT, USA.

Frans J. Th. Wackers
Professor of Diagnostic Radiology and Medicine, Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, Yale University, CT , USA.

Contributing Authors:
James Arrighi, Richard George, Farid Jadbabaie, Albert C. Lardo, Joao Lima, Robert McNamara, Raymond Russell, Andre Schmidt, Albert J. Sinusas, Kathleen Stergiopoulos.

In Cardiovascular Imaging the authors deal systematically with the main imaging techniques available to clinical cardiologists: nuclear imaging, echocardiography, computerized tomography and magnetic-resonance imaging. Following a brief overview of non-invasive cardiac imaging and the stress modalities used to detect coronary disease, a mainly case-based chapter is devoted to each of the imaging techniques in turn. The final chapter takes a look into the future, particularly to molecular imaging. The text is illustrated throughout with generously-sized images.

Cardiovascular Imaging is intended for use by clinical cardiologists, cardiologists in training, radiologists and nuclear physicians.

Contents

1. Assessment of Cardiovascular Disease by Noninvasive Cardiac Imaging Techniques
2. Cardiac Computerized Tomography and Angiography
3. Nuclear Cardiac Imaging
4. Echocardiographic Imaging
5. Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging
6. Prospects for Cardiovascular Imaging—Molecular Imaging

Index