Cardiac CT

• Main Author: Dewey, Marc (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Radiology.; Internal medicine.; Cardiology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Imaging / Radiology.; Internal Medicine.

Computed tomography of the heart has become a highly accurate diagnostic modality that is attracting increasing attention. This extensively illustrated book aims to assist the reader in integrating cardiac CT into daily clinical practice, while also reviewing its current technical status and applica...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Technical and Personnel Requirements
• Anatomy
• CT in the Context of Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Management
• Cardiac CT in Clinical Practice
• Clinical Indications
• Patient Preparation
• Physics Background and Radiation Exposure
• Examination and Reconstruction
• Examinations on Different CT Scanners
• Reading and Reporting
• Coronary Artery Bypass Grafts
• Coronary Artery Stents
• Coronary Artery Plaques
• Cardiac Function
• Cardiac Valves
• Coronary Artery Anomalies
• Congenital and Acquired Heart Disease
• Typical Clinical Examples
• Results of Clinical Studies
• Outlook.