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Principles of cardiac and vascular computed tomography / Stuart J. Hutchison, Naeem Merchant.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Philadelphia, PA : Elsevier/Saunders, [2015]Copyright date: ©2015Description: 1 online resource : illustrations (some color)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781437703511
  • 1437703518
Other title:
  • Cardiac and vascular computed tomography
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Principles of cardiac and vascular computed tomographyDDC classification:
  • 616.1/075722 23
LOC classification:
  • RC683.5.I42
NLM classification:
  • WG 141.5.T6
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction -- Overview of the process, exclusions and risks, and preparation -- Radiation and radiation risk -- Contrast enhancement -- Noise and artifacts -- CT coronary angiography -- CTA assessment of coronary artery stents -- CTA assessment of saphenous vein grafts and internal thoracic (mammary) arteries -- Coronary artery anomaliesof origin and course -- Coronary artery anomalies of termination : fistulae and arteriovenous malformations -- Coronary artery aneurysms -- Coronary artery dissections -- Coronary ostial and left main stem lesions, spasm, and thrombus -- Determination of coronary calcium -- Pericardial diseases -- Assessment of native cardiac valves -- Assessment of prosthetic heart valves -- Assessment of infective endocarditis and valvular tumors -- Assessment of left ventricular function, infarction, perfusion, and viability -- Assessment of left ventricular structural abnormalities -- Myopathies -- Electrophysiologic applications of cardiac CT -- Cardiac and paracardiac masses -- Simple congenital heart disease -- Assessment of complex and repaired congenital heart disease -- Aortic diseases -- Assessment of peripheral vascular diseases -- Pulmonary embolism and other pulmonary artery lesions -- Caval anatomy : variants and lesions -- Noncoronary/noncardiac lesions.
Summary: Principles of Cardiac and Vascular Computed Tomography has everything you need to successfully obtain and interpret CT and CTA images. Stuart J. Hutchison-a premier cardiac imaging specialist-explains the dos and don'ts of CCT so you get the best images and avoid artifacts. Get only the coverage-from evidence-based CTA to noncoronary lesions-you need with clinically oriented, practical information presented in a consistent format that makes finding everything quick and easy.
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Introduction -- Overview of the process, exclusions and risks, and preparation -- Radiation and radiation risk -- Contrast enhancement -- Noise and artifacts -- CT coronary angiography -- CTA assessment of coronary artery stents -- CTA assessment of saphenous vein grafts and internal thoracic (mammary) arteries -- Coronary artery anomaliesof origin and course -- Coronary artery anomalies of termination : fistulae and arteriovenous malformations -- Coronary artery aneurysms -- Coronary artery dissections -- Coronary ostial and left main stem lesions, spasm, and thrombus -- Determination of coronary calcium -- Pericardial diseases -- Assessment of native cardiac valves -- Assessment of prosthetic heart valves -- Assessment of infective endocarditis and valvular tumors -- Assessment of left ventricular function, infarction, perfusion, and viability -- Assessment of left ventricular structural abnormalities -- Myopathies -- Electrophysiologic applications of cardiac CT -- Cardiac and paracardiac masses -- Simple congenital heart disease -- Assessment of complex and repaired congenital heart disease -- Aortic diseases -- Assessment of peripheral vascular diseases -- Pulmonary embolism and other pulmonary artery lesions -- Caval anatomy : variants and lesions -- Noncoronary/noncardiac lesions.

Principles of Cardiac and Vascular Computed Tomography has everything you need to successfully obtain and interpret CT and CTA images. Stuart J. Hutchison-a premier cardiac imaging specialist-explains the dos and don'ts of CCT so you get the best images and avoid artifacts. Get only the coverage-from evidence-based CTA to noncoronary lesions-you need with clinically oriented, practical information presented in a consistent format that makes finding everything quick and easy.

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