Cardiac CT, PET and MR

by Editor: Vasken Dilsizian (University of Maryland School of Medicine); Editor: Gerald M. Pohost (University of Southern California School of Medicine); Foreword by: Robert O. Bonow

• ISBN13: 9781405124478
• ISBN10: 1405124474
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-05-01
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

The standard procedure for defining the anatomic extent and severity of coronary artery luminal narrowing is selective coronary angiography. Whilst there are some advantages to coronary angiography, it is invasive and requires a brief period of hospitalisation, making it relatively expensive.Non-invasive techniques of coronary artery lumen imaging, such as multislice computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and positron emission tomography (PET), offer a genuine alternative. In addition, the ability of multislice CT to image non-calcified plaques may ultimately replace invasive intracoronary ultrasound.As these new technologies are introduced in clinical practice, cardiovascular medicine specialists need to learn about them and be trained in them.This technique-oriented monograph is a reference source for all cardiologists, radiologists and nuclear medicine physicians interested in applying these techniques for screening patients with known or suspected coronary artery disease.

Author Biography

Vasken Dilsizian, MD is Professor of Medicine and Radiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine; Director of Cardiovascular Nuclear Medicine and Cardiac Positron Emission Tomography, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland.

Gerald M. Pohost, MD is Chief, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles.

Table of Contents

Contributors	vii
Foreword	ix
Part I Instrumentation, imaging techniques, and protocols
Positron emission tomography	3	(25)
Stephen L. Bacharach
Cardiovascular magnetic resonance: Basic principles, methods and techniques	28	(41)
Joseph B. Selvanayagam
Matthew D. Robson
Jane M. Francis
Stefan Neubauer
Multidetector and electron-beam computed tomography of the heart	69	(16)
Robert Detrano
Nathan D. Wong
Part II Clinical applications
PET assessment of myocardial perfusion	85	(14)
Marcelo F. Di Carli
PET: Metabolism, innervation and receptors	99	(19)
Frank M. Bengel
Markus Schwaiger
MR angiography: Coronaries and great vessels	118	(37)
Patricia Nguyen
Phillip Yang
Cardiovascular magnetic resonance: Evaluation of myocardial function, perfusion and viability	155	(37)
Padmini Varadarajan
Karam Souibri
Krishna S. Nayak
Gerald M. Pohost
MSCT coronary imaging	192	(13)
Koen Nieman
Cardiac computed tomography: Evaluation of myocardial function, perfusion and viability	205	(16)
Subha V. Raman
Patrick M. Colletti
Part III Concurrent noninvasive assessment of coronary anatomy, physiology, and myocellular integrity
PET and MRI in cardiac imaging	221	(17)
Stephan G. Nekolla
PET and CT in cardiac imaging: Is a paradigm shift from SPECT to hybrid PET/CT inevitable?	238	(19)
Henning Braess
Vasken Dilsizian
Index	257