Clinical Cardiac MRI With Interactive CD-ROM /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Bogaert, Jan (Editor), Dymarkowski, Steven (Editor), Taylor, Andrew M. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2005.
• Series: Medical Radiology, Diagnostic Imaging,
• Subjects: Medicine.; Radiology.; Cardiology.; Cardiac surgery.; Medicine & Public Health.; Imaging / Radiology.; Diagnostic Radiology.; Cardiac Surgery.

MRI has become the preferred noninvasive imaging modality for the heart and great vessels. The substantial technological progress achieved in recent years has provided the user with state of the art MRI systems, but their optimal use can be limited by restricted awareness of the potential patient be...

Table of Contents:

• Cardiac MRI Physics
• Contrast Agents for Cardiac MRI
• Practical Setup
• Cardiac Anatomy
• Cardiovascular MR Imaging Planes and Segmentation
• Cardiac Function
• Myocardial Perfusion
• Ischemic Heart Disease
• Nonischemic Myocardial Disease
• Heart Failure, Pulmonary Hypertension, and Heart Transplantation
• Pericardial Disease
• Cardiac Masses
• Valvular Heart Disease
• Coronary Artery Disease
• Congenital Heart Disease
• Imaging of Great Vessels
• MR-Guided Cardiac Catheterization
• General Conclusions.