Handbook of cardiovascular CT: essentials for clinical practice

'Handbook of Cardiac CT' is a primer for the practical performance and interpretation of cardiovascular computed tomography. This manual serves as a companion to the textbook: 'Cardiac CT Imaging: Diagnosis of Cardiovascular Disease'and provides essential concise and practical text summary of each topic, withadditional tables, algorithms, protocols and key images for orientation to and familiarization with important disease processes. This manual targets a reading audience who are in the training phase of performance and interpretation of cardiovascular CT and is designed as an easily accessible pocket reference. First portable reference to cardiac CT techniques All techniques covered including 64-slice CT Highly illustrated manual Compliments existing textbook: 'Cardiac CT Imaging' edited by Matthew Budoff and Jerold Shinbane INDICE: Patient Selection and Preparation.- Image Acquisition.- Image Processing, and Interpretation.- Cardiovascular Calcium Scoring.- Coronary Artery Disease.- Coronary Angiography after Revascularization.- Myocardial and Pericardial Disease Processes.- Valvular Disease.- Cardiac Masses.- Aorta and Great Vessels.- Congenital Heart Disease.- Cardiac Electrophysiology Applications.- Peripheral and Carotid Vasculature.- Pulmonary and Thoracic Disease.- Competency and Credentialing.- Appendix: Cardiac Anatomy Orientation.

• ISBN: 978-1-84800-091-9
• Editorial: Springer
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 265
• Fecha Publicación: 01/09/2008
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés