Cardiovascular Imaging: A Handbook for Clinical Practice

by Editor: Jeroen J. Bax (Leiden University Medical Center); Editor: Christopher M. Kramer (University of Virginia Health System); Editor: Thomas H. Marwick (University of Queensland); Editor: William Wijns (Cardiovascular Centre, Onze-Lieve-Vrouw Z

• ISBN13: 9781405171724
• ISBN10: 1405171723
• Format: eBook
• Copyright: 2009-02-01
• 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.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors

Preface

Foreword.

Valve Disease.

Mitral stenosis (Kewal Krishnan Talwar, Manojkumar Rohit)

Mitral regurgitation

Aortic stenosis

Aortic regurgitation (Helmut Baumagartner, Geralsd Maurer)

Aortic Dissection (Debabrata Mukherjee, Kim A. Eagle)

Evaluation of prosthetic heart valves

Echocardiography in infective endocarditis (Eric Brochet, Agnes Cachier, Alec Vahanian)

Coronary Artery Disease.

Coronary imaging and screening (Koen Nieman, Pim J. de Feyter)

Diagnosis and prognosis in patients and with chest pain

Peripheral vascular disease

Risk stratification post-infarction

Risk stratification before non-cardiac surgery

Heart Failure.

Acute dyspnea (diastolic, systolic LV dysfunction, and pulmonary embolism)

Echocardiographic evaluation of patients with chronic dyspnea (Jong-Won Ha, Jae K. Oh)

Resynchronization therapy (Ole-A. Breithardt)

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

Viability in ischemic cardiomyopathy

Uncommon Entities.

Cardiac tumors (Joshua Lehrer-Graiwer, Charles B. Higgins)

Evaluation of the transplanted heart (Oberdan Parodi, Maria Frigerio, Benedetta De Chiara)

Unusual cardiomyopathies - role of cardiac magnetic resonance imaging

Myocarditis and pericardia disease

Congenital heart disease

Index

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