Multi-slice and Dual-source CT in Cardiac Imaging Principles — Protocols — Indications — Outlook /

• Main Authors: Ohnesorge, Bernd M. (Author), Flohr, Thomas G. (Author), Becker, Christoph R. (Author), Knez, Andreas (Author), Reiser, Maximilian F. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2007.
• Edition: Second Edition.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Radiology.; Cardiology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Imaging / Radiology.

Preface to the Second Edition Despite worldwide efforts to assess and control cardiovascular risk factors, cardiac diseases and in particular coronary artery disease (CAD) are still the foremost causes of death in the developed countries of Western Europe, North America and Asia and are becoming inc...