MRI and CT of the Cardiovascular System

PART I Basic Principles ... 1 1 Clinical Approach to Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Techniques 1 2 Magnetic Resonance Angiography Techniques 19 3 Techniques for Cardiovascular Computed Tomography 37 4 Cardiac Anatomy and Physiology: Imaging Aspects 53 5 Blood Flow Measurements 71 6 Quantification in Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Computed Tomography 91 7 Magnetic Resonance Contrast Media 107 Maythem Saeed and Charles B. Higgins PART II Acquired Heart Disease ... 121 8 Magnetic Resonance of Cardiomyopathies and Myocarditis 121 9 Pericardial Diseases 137 10 Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy 154 11 Cardiac Masses 162 12 Valvular Heart Disease 183 PART III Ischemic Heart Disease ... 198 13 Myocardial Perfusion in Ischemic Heart Disease 198 14 Left Ventricular Function in Ischemic Heart Disease 215 15 Regional Left Ventricular Function in Ischemic Heart Disease: Determination of Viability 224 16 Assessment of Myocardial Viability by Contrast Enhancement 233 17 Tissue Characterization of Ischemic Myocardial Injury 263 18 Coronary Magnetic Resonance Angiography: Technical Approaches 280 19 Coronary Artery Imaging-Clinical Applications 299 20 Coronary Blood Flow Measurements 316 21 Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance and Computed Tomography of Coronary Artery Bypass Grafts 325 22 Computed Tomography Imaging of Coronary Calcification 340 23 Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography 351 24 Atherosclerotic Plaque Imaging 361 25 Plaque Characterization-Computed Tomography 375 PART IV Congenital Heart Disease ... 385 26 Congenital Heart Disease: Magnetic Resonance Evaluation of Morphology and Function 385 27 Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Function and Flow in Postoperative Congenital Heart Disease 411 28 Adult Congenital Heart Disease 429 PART V Vascular Diseases ... 441 29 Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Computed Tomography of Thoracic Aorta 441 30 Magnetic Resonance Angiography Abdominal Aorta and Renal and Mesenteric Vessels 469 31 Multidetector Computed Tomographic Angiography of the Abdominal Arteries 498 32 Magnetic Resonance and Computed Tomography Angiography of Peripheral Arteries 514 33 Computed Tomography Angiography and Magnetic Resonance Angiography of the Extracranial Carotid Arteries 538 PART VI Interventional Magnetic Resonance Imaging... 561 34 Catheter Tracking and Devices 561 35 Endovascular Interventional Magnetic Resonance Imaging 576 36 Endovascular Interventions-Congenital Heart Disease 593 37 Magnetic Resonance-Guided Cardiac Catheterization 610 38 Endovascular Delivery of Gene and Stem Cell Therapy 629 Index 645