Cardiovascular Imaging A Handbook for Clinical Practice

by Bax, Jeroen J.; Kramer, Christopher M.; Marwick, Thomas H.; Wijns, William

• ISBN13: 9781405131315
• ISBN10: 1405131314
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-11-11
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

This book is focused on the use of non-invasive imaging in clinical cardiology. Its central theme is the use of different imaging modalities in the routine clinical problems that physicians encounter on a regular basis. Many different clinical issues are discussed, including valvular disease, coronary artery disease, and myocardial and pericardial disease. In these various pathologies, the applications of echocardiography, nuclear imaging, CMR and MSCT are highlighted.The majority of chapters are illustrated with a clinical case study and with moving images, which are contained on the accompanying CD. These case studies offer excellent examples of how to use the imaging modalities in clinical cardiology. Contributors are from Europe, the US and Asia to provide a global perspective.The ESC Education Series This book with its supporting CD is part of the ESC Education Series. The series is designed to provide medical professionals with the latest information about the understanding, diagnosis and management of cardiovascular diseases. Where available, management recommendations are based on the established European Guidelines, which encompass the best techniques to use with each cardiac disease. Throughout the series, the leading international opinion leaders have been chosen to edit and contribute to the books. The information is presented in a succinct and accessible format with a clinical focus.

Author Biography

Jeroen Bax
Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
Specialism: Nuclear Cardiology

Christopher Kramer
University of Virginia Health System, Department of Radiology and Medicine, Charlottesville, VA, USA
Specialism: Cardiac MRI

Thomas H. Marwick
Professor of Medicine and Head of Section, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
Specialism: Echocardiology

William Wijns
Cardiovascular Centre, Onze-Lieve-Vrouw Ziekenhuis, Aalst, Belgium
Specialism: General Imaging

Table of Contents

List of contributors	vii
Preface	xi
Foreword	xiii
Section one: Valve disease
Mitral stenosis	3	(10)
Kewal Krishnan Talwar
Manojkumar Rohit
Mitral regurgitation	13	(13)
Frank A. Flachskampf
Fausto Pinto
Aortic stenosis	26	(10)
Benjamin M. Schaefer
Catherine M. Otto
Aortic regurgitation	36	(13)
Helmut Baumgartner
Gerald Maurer
Aortic dissection	49	(12)
Debabrata Mukherjee
Kim A. Eagle
Evaluation of prosthetic heart valves	61	(10)
Darryl J. Burstow
Echocardiography in infective endocarditis	71	(20)
Eric Brochet
Agnes Cachier
Alec Vahanian
Section two: Coronary artery disease
Coronary imaging and screening	91	(12)
Koen Nieman
Pim J. de Feyter
Diagnosis and prognosis in patients with chest pain	103	(15)
George A. Beller
Peripheral vascular disease	118	(11)
Serge Kownator
Risk stratification post-infarction	129	(7)
Frank M. Bengel
Risk stratification before non-cardiac surgery	136	(17)
Miklos D. Kertai
Don Poldermans
Section three: Heart failure
Acute dyspnea (diastolic, systolic LV dysfunction, and pulmonary embolism)	153	(11)
Michael V. McConnell
Brett E. Fenster
Echocardiographic evaluation of patients with chronic dyspnea	164	(11)
Jong-Won Ha
Jae K. Oh
Resynchronization therapy	175	(12)
Ole-A. Breithardt
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy	187	(16)
Petros Nihoyannopoulos
Viability in ischemic cardiomyopathy	203	(18)
Gabe B. Bleeker
Jeroen J. Bax
Ernst E. van der Wall
Section four: Uncommon entities
Cardiac tumors	221	(14)
Joshua Lehrer-Graiwer
Charles B. Higgins
Evaluation of the transplanted heart	235	(16)
Oberdan Parodi
Maria Frigerio
Benedetta De Chiara
Unusual cardiomyopathies---role of cardiac magnetic resonance imaging	251	(10)
Sanjay K. Prasad
Ravi G. Assomull
Dudley J. Pennell
Myocarditis and pericardial disease	261	(12)
Frank E. Rademakers
Congenital heart disease	273	(14)
Heynric B. Grotenhuis
Lucia J.M. Kroft
Eduard R. Holman
Jaap Ottenkamp
Albert de Roos
Index	287