Cardiovascular Imaging

Description

PA host of imaging techniques are available to clinical cardiologists, including nuclear imaging, echocardiography, computerized tomography, and magneticresonance imaging chamber size, ventricular function, valvular function, coronary anatomy, and myocardial perfusion are among a wide array of cardiac characteristics that can all be assessed noninvasively /PB Pcardiovascular Imaging/B systematically reviews each of these major techniques and provides clinical data from welldesigned research studies Following a brief overview of noninvasive cardiac imaging and the stress modalities used to detect coronary disease, casebased chapters are devoted to each of the various imaging techniques The final chapter provides a glimpse of future possibilities, particularly with respect to molecular imaging The text is illustrated throughout with amplysized images /P PDemonstrating the values and limitations of the imaging techniques, the book enables practitioners to determine which test, in which patient population, and for which purpose would be the most appropriate to use/P