Computed Tomography of the Cardiovascular System

Summary

Computed tomography of the heart and cardiovascular system continues to show an impressive and tremendously successful development. Technical improvements translate into new applications and enhanced diagnostic accuracy and the new diagnostic opportunities may potentially be beneficial for many individuals with known or suspected cardiovascular disease. in order to assure that the potential of cardiovascular cT will optimally be used for patient care, a continued, strong joint effort concerning education and training, further research, and advocacy will be necessary. The combined knowledge, experience, and input of all clinicians and researchers in the field will best serve that purpose.

Computed Tomography of the Cardiovascular System is the first textbook to cover the heart, cardiovascular, and peripheral vascular systems and will provide the reader with the necessary background information to perform cardiac cT on symptomatic patients and asymptomatic individuals for the accurate assessment of underlying disease.

Contents

• Section I: Physics and Dosimetry in Computed Tomography
• Section Ii: Clinical Cardiovascular Computed Tomography
  • Iia: Cardiac and Coronary Computed Tomography
  • Iib: Computed Tomographic Coronary Angiography
  • Iic: Other Applications of Cardiac and Coronary Computed Tomography
  • Iid
  • Peripheral Computed Tomographic Angiography
• Section Iii: Emerging and Research Applications in Cardiovascular Computed Tomography Market: Cardiologists, Interventional Cardiologists, and Radiologists