Cardiac Imaging

Introduction. Foreword. List of Contributors. Welcoming address (J.E. Mikkelborg). Opening Address (S. Nitter-Hauge). Congenital Heart Disease. Cardiac Imaging: X-ray, Magnetic Resonance and Ultrasound in Congenital Heart Disease. Clinical Problems and Diagnostic Considerations. (M.L. Rigby). The Role of X-rays in Children with Congenital Heart Disease (G. Stake, B. Smevik and J. Westvik). Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Congenital Heart Disease (T. Mamou Mani and D. Lallemand). The Role of Ultrasound in Congenital Heart Lesions (L. Hatle). Chairman's Overview (G.L. Wolf). Ischemic Heart Disease: LV Function and Coronary Heart Disease. Ischemic Heart Disease: LV Function and Coronary Heart Disease. Clinical Problems and Diagnostic Considerations (S. Persson). The Role of Coronary Angiography in the 1990s. Is the Gold Standard in Jeopardy? (J.A. Brinker). Ultrafast CT of the Myocardium in Ischemic Heart Disease and Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. Possible Advantages of Contrast-enhanced Ultrafast Scanning (M. Takamiya, H. Naito, H. Saito, S. Hamada, M. Ohta, S. Imakita, K. Kimura, K. Kuroe and T. Kamiya). MRI of Ischemic Heart Disease (C.B. Higgins). Ultrasound in Ischemic Heart disease. Possible Advantages of Contrast Media (A. Distante, D. Rovai, B. Reisenhofer, E. Moscarelli, G. Cini, M.A. Morales, M. Lombardi, F. Lattanzi, C. Marini, E. Picano, and A. L'Abbate). The value of Nuclear Medicine as a Screening Method in Ischemic Heart Disease (P. Fioretti, A.E.M. Reijs, B. Ilmer and A. Salustri). Chairman's Overview (P.G. Hugenholtz). Rejection Allograft Rejection. A Challenge for Modern Diagnostic Imaging. Cardiac Allograft Rejection. A challenge for Modern Diagnostic Imaging (M.H. Yacoub and N.R. Banner). Rejection in the Cardiac Transplant. The Role of X-ray Examination (M.J. Lipton). Magnetic Resonance - Its relevance to Heart and Lung Transplantation (D.B. Longmore). Rejection in Cardiac Transplant - The Role of Ultrasound (H. Lambertz, M. Sigmund and P. Hanrath). Chairman's Overview (C. Cabrol). Nycomed and Cardiac Imaging: Present - Future (A.-L. Reiss, M. Oxaal, E. Galtung Lihaug and H. Vik). Index of Authors. Subject Index.