Autonomic Innervation of the Heart Role of Molecular Imaging /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Slart, Riemer H.J.A (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Tio, René A. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Elsinga, Philip H. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Schwaiger, Markus (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Radiology.; Nuclear medicine.; Cardiology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Diagnostic Radiology.; Nuclear Medicine.

This book explains in detail the potential value of the hybrid modalities, SPECT-CT and PET-CT, in the imaging of cardiac innervation in a wide range of conditions and diseases, including ischemic heart disease, diabetes mellitus, heart failure, amyloidosis, heart transplantation, and ventricular ar...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Introduction
• Autonomic nervous system of the heart
• Pathophysiology of the autonomic nervous system of the heart
• Tracers for Presynaptic Cardiac Innervation
• Tracers of Adrenergic Receptors
• Tracers of the Parasympathetic System
• Radiopharmaceuticals production under GMP
• Physics of PET-CT and SPECT-CT
• Kinetics & software PET
• SPECT-CT imaging of autonomic innervation in heart diseases
• PET-CT imaging of autonomic innervation in heart diseases
• Imaging ischemic heart disease
• Imaging diabetes mellitus
• Imaging heart failure
• Imaging amyloidosis
• Imaging heart transplantation
• Imaging ventricular arrhythmias
• Guided therapy & imaging
• Imaging the functional brain-heart axis: neurodegenerative diseases
• Imaging the functional brain-heart axis: mental stress & anxiety
• Imaging cardiotoxicity: the effects of chemo- and mono-clonal antibody therapy on autonomic innervation
• Imaging cardiotoxicity: the effect of radiotherapy on autonomic innervation
• Summary and Future Perspectives: PET-MRI Imaging of cardiac Innervation, fluorescence imaging of cardiac innervation
• Epilog
• Index.