Advanced Cardiac Imaging (Woodhead Publishing Series in Biomaterials) - Hardcover

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Cardiac imaging techniques have advanced significantly over the past few years, and play an essential and continously expanding role in clinical management of patients with heart disease, as well as in research. Advanced Cardiac Imaging provides an up to date review of the latest developments in non-invasive imaging technologies, and how they are used in the practice of cardiology.

After an introduction to the key challenges in multimodality imaging today, Part One discusses the various developments for each of the respective imaging techniques: ultrasound, radionuclide imaging, computed tomography and cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging. Part Two examines the clinical applications of cardiac imaging with detailed coverage on a number of cardiovascular pathologies that cardiologists and radiologists face in their work. Such pathologies include coronary atherosclerosis, cardiomyopathies and congenital heart disease, as well as the assessment of myocardial ischemia, infarction and viability. The use of advanced imaging techniques to guide transcatheter procedures is discussed in detail. Each chapter has a distinct focus on how different cardiac imaging techniques can be applied in a complementary manner for the treatment of patients with cardiovascular disease.

With its team of distinguished editors and contributors, Advanced Cardiac Imaging is an essential guide for cardiologists and radiologists, who seek a contemporaneous update on the latest developments in the field of cardiac imaging.

Koen Nieman is a Cardiologist with the Departments of Cardiology and Radiology at the Erasmus University Medical Center, the Netherlands. Oliver Gaemperli is a Cardiologist at University Heart Center Zurich, Switzerland. Patrizio Lancellotti is a Professor in the Department of Cardiology at the University of Liège, Belgium. Sven Plein is a Professor of Cardiology at the University of Leeds, England.