Emergency Radiology of the Chest and Cardiovascular System

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Scaglione, Mariano (Editor), Linsenmaier, Ulrich (Editor), Schueller, Gerd (Editor), Berger, Ferco (Editor), Wirth, Stefan (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: Medical Radiology,
• Subjects: Medicine.; Emergency medicine.; Radiology.; Cardiology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Diagnostic Radiology.; Emergency Medicine.

This book provides an up-to-date, systematic review of all facets of emergency radiology in patients with chest trauma or pain with the aim of equipping the reader with a detailed knowledge of the various radiological patterns, which is essential in order to make a prompt diagnosis under circumstanc...

Table of Contents:

• Part I: Blunt Chest Trauma: Lung injury
• Injuries of the pleural space
• Bony thoracic and chest wall injuries
• Tracheo-bronchial injuries
• Esophageal injuries
• Aortic injuries
• Pericardial and Cardiac Injuries
• Injury to the Diaphragm
• Part II: Nontraumatic, Nonvascular Chest Emergencies: Infection
• Pleural and Chest Disease
• Pulmonary Abscess
• Airways
• Inflammatory Disease
• Cardiac Emergencies
• Vascular Chest Emergencies
• Aortic Aneurysms
• Acute Aortic Syndromes
• Aortic Fistula
• Aortic Thrombus
• Pulmonary Embolism.