Clinical Cardiovascular Imaging : A Companion to Braunwald's Heart Disease

by St. John Sutton & Rutherford

• ISBN13: 9780721690681
• ISBN10: 0721690688
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-07-14
• Publisher: Saunders

Summary

This new text provides a problem-oriented approach to the use of diagnostic imaging for the clinical cardiologist. Written and edited by the experts in the field, it concentrates on the utilization of modalities in the investigation of cardiovascular disease with an emphasis on optimal selection of imaging techniques for accurate and expedient diagnosis. CLINICAL CARDIOVASCULAR IMAGING is the easy to use, everyday guide with algorithms, diagrams, and charts to help in the decision-making process.

Table of Contents

Physical Principles of Cardiovascular Imaging	p. 1
Quantitation of Ventricular Function	p. 77
Quantitation of Myocardial Perfusion	p. 105
Imaging of Myocardial Antigens, Receptors, Hypoxia, Necrosis, Apoptosis, Metabolism, and Viability	p. 146
Evidence-Based Medicine: A Guide to Cardiac Imaging	p. 161
Diagnostic Decision Making	p. 171
Cost Effectiveness of Imaging Techniques in the Medical Marketplace	p. 183
Coronary Heart Disease--Acute Coronary Syndromes	p. 191
Chronic Coronary Heart Disease	p. 228
Heart Failure	p. 257
Valvular Heart Disease	p. 280
Pulmonary Embolism, Pulmonary Hypertension, and Cor Pulmonale	p. 339
The Role of Cardiac Imaging and Hemodynamic Assessment in Pericardial Disease	p. 354
Imaging of the Adult with Congenital Heart Disease
Cardiac Imaging of Masses, Tumors, and Thrombi	p. 414
Peripheral Arterial, Aortic, Renal Artery, and Carotid Artery Diseases	p. 438
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