Novel Techniques for Imaging the Heart

Contributors.
Preface.
Forewords.
PART I General Considerations and Fundamentals ofImaging.
1 Principles of CT and MRI (Leon Axel and Danny Kim).
2 Clinical Considerations on the Use of Contrast Agents for CTand MRI (Federico E. Mordini and Robert R. Edelman).
3 Radiation Dose Considerations in Cardiac CT (Mannudeep K.Kalra and Suhny Abbara).
4 Safety Considerations of Current and Evolving CMR Techniquesand Hardware (Saman Nazarian, Henry R. Halperin, and David A.Bluemke).
PART II Clinical Applications of CT and CMR Imaging.
5 Evaluating the Symptomatic Patient with Suspected CAD(Bernhard L. Gerber).
6 Evaluation of Atherosclerotic Plaques with CT and MRI (IlanGottlieb and Jo~ao A.C. Lima).
7 Evaluating Chest Pain in Patients with Known CAD (Amit R.Patel and Christopher M. Kramer).
8 Evaluating the Patient with LV Dysfunction for PotentialRevascularization (Michael Salerno, Han W. Kim, and Raymond J.Kim).
9 Role of Hybrid Imaging: PET/CT and SPECT/CT (Marcelo F. DiCarli).
10 Critical Review of Imaging Approaches for the Diagnosis andPrognosis of CAD (Rory Hachamovitch and George A.Beller).
11 Evaluating the Patient with New Onset Heart Failure(Joseph B. Selvanayagam and Theodoros D. Karamitsos).
12 Evaluating the Patient before Noncardiac Surgery (WilliamO. Ntim, Rahul Aggarwal, and W. Gregory Hundley).
13 Evaluating the Patient before InterventionalElectrophysiology (Riple J. Hansalia and Mario J.Garcia).
14 Assessment of Blood Flow and Heart Valve Disease by CMR(Philip J. Kilner).
15 Relative Merits of CTA and MRA for Coronary Artery Imaging(Xin Liu, James C. Carr, and Debiao Li).
16 Can Atherosclerosis Imaging Improve Patient Management?(Allen J. Taylor and Robert O. Bonow).
PART III Advanced Applications of CT and CMR Imaging.
17 Atherosclerosis Imaging: A Biological and ClinicalPerspective (Peter Libby).
18 Stem Cell Imaging (Dara L. Kraitchman).
19 Myocardial Imaging in CAD: Beyond Ischemia and Viability(Susan H. Kwon, Henry Wu, and Raymond Y. Kwong).
20 Technical Advances and the Future Prospects of High FieldStrength MRI (Ahmed M. Gharib, Matthias Stuber, and Roderic I.Pettigrew).
21 Technical Advances in MDCT for Imaging Coronary ArteryStenoses and Physiology (Humberto Wong, Elsie T. Nguyen, andGeoffrey D. Rubin).
22 Imaging of Myocardial Mechanics (Hiroshi Ashikaga andElliot R. McVeigh).
23 Cardiovascular Interventional MRI (Colin Berry and RobertJ. Lederman).
Index.
A companion CD-ROM with video clips is included at the back ofthe book.