Handbook of Cardiovascular CT

Cardiovascular computed tomography (CT) has evolved from novel technology to research tool to essential clinical imaging modality at an astounding pace. The technology has great relevance for many medical and surgical disciplines focused on the treatment of cardiovascular disease. Thanks to the ability of CT to image anatomical, physiological and tissue characteristics of large and small vessel within seconds, and reconstruct multimodal two- and three-dimensional images within minutes, cardiovascular CT has facilitated practical clinical applications important to cardiovascular diagnosis, risk stratification and procedure guidance.

'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, with additional 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.

Cardiovascular CT Angiography: Concepts Important to Image Acquisition and Reconstruction.- Cardiovascular CT Imaging: Essentials for Clinical Practice.- Cardiovascular Calcium: Assessment and Impact of Interventions.- Assessment of Cardiac Function.- CTA as an IVUS Equivalent: Plaque Characterization and Percutaneous Coronary Intervention.- Coronary Angiography of Native Vessels.- Coronary CT Angiography after Percutaneous Coronary Intervention.- Coronary Angiography After Surgical Revascularization.- Perfusion and Delayed Enhancement Imaging.- Cardiac SPECT and PET: Complementary Roles with Cardiac CT.- CCT Imaging: Cardiac Electrophysiology Applications.- Pericardial/Myocardial Disease Processes.- Assessment of Cardiacand Thoracic Masses.- Computed Tomography Evaluation in Valvular Heart Disease.- The Aorta and Great Vessels.- Adult Congenital Heart Disease.- Cardiovascular CT: Assessment of the Lower Extremity Vasculature.- Imaging Decisions: Cardiovascular CT Versus CardiovascularMR.- Radiation Safety: Radiation Dosimetry and CT Dose Reduction Techniques.- Competency, Appropriateness, and Quality in Cardiovascular CT.- Cardiac Anatomy by Computed Tomographic Imaging.