1 Computed Tomography
Matthew J. Budoff ………………………….. 1
2 Methodology for Image Acquisition
Songshou Mao and Jerold S. Shinbane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
3 Cardiac Anatomy by Computed Tomography
Philip H. Tseng and Matthew J. Budoff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
4 Interpreting CT Angiography: Three-Dimensional
Reconstruction Techniques
Matthew J. Budoff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
5 Assessment of Cardiac Structure and Function by X-ray
Computed Tomography
John A. Rumberger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
6 Assessment of Cardiovascular Calcium: Interpretation and Relevance of
Calcium Scoring Relationship to Lipids and Other Cardiovascular
Risk Factors
Harvey S. Hecht . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
7 Natural History and Impact of Interventions on Coronary Calcium
Paolo Raggi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
8 Extra-Coronary Calcium
David M. Shavelle and Junichiro Takasu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
9 CT Coronary Angiography
Stephan Achenbach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
10 Coronary Angiography after Revascularization
Axel Schmermund, Stefan Möhlenkamp, Thomas Schlosser, and
Raimund Erbel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
11 An Interventionalist’s Perspective: Diagnosis of Cardiovascular
Disease by CT Imaging
Jeffrey M. Schussler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
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12 CT Imaging of Non-calcific Atherosclerotic Plaque with
Cardiac Computed Tomography
M. Leila Rasouli . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
13 Peripheral Angiography
Khurram Nasir and Matthew J. Budoff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
14 Aortic, Renal, and Carotid CT Angiography
Matthew J. Budoff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
15 Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Overview of
Clinical Applications
Jerold S. Shinbane, Patrick M. Colletti, and Gerald M. Pohost . . . . . . . . . 205
16 Congenital Heart Disease and Computed Tomography
Jamil AboulHosn and Ronald J. Oudiz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
17 Nuclear Cardiology and Cardiac Computed Tomography in
Assessment of Patients with Known or Suspected Chronic
Coronary Artery Disease
Daniel S. Berman, Rory Hachamovitch, Leslee J. Shaw, Guido Germano,
Nathan D. Wong and Alan Rozanski . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
18 CT Imaging: Cardiac Electrophysiology Applications
Jerold S. Shinbane and Matthew J. Budoff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Various Cardiac CT Imagery on CD-ROM . . . . . . . . . . . . . Inside back cover

 

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