Cardiac CT, PET and MR

The standard procedure for defining the anatomic extent and severity of coronary artery disease is catheter-based selective coronary angiography. While there are advantages to coronary angiography, it is invasive with some risk of complications and requires a brief period of hospitalization, making it relatively expensive. Cardiac CT, PET and MR is a complete technique-oriented reference, offering real alternatives to the standard procedure . Non-invasive techniques of coronary artery lumen imaging, such as multislice computed tomography (MSCT) and magnetic resonance imaging (CMR) as well as complementary and at times more useful physiologic and/or metabolic imaging techniques provided by positron emission tomography (PET) are clearly detailed throughout this book. Cardiac CT, PET and MR therefore provides an excellent reference for all cardiologists, radiologists, and nuclear medicine physicians involved in the diagnosis and risk assessment of patients with known or suspected coronary artery disease. With the advent of these non-invasive techniques, the future of invasive coronary angiography will be reserved primarily for therapeutic rather than diagnostic purposes. Accordingly, this book provides a unique and essential contribution to the developing field for both physicians and students.

The standard procedure for defining the anatomic extent andseverity of coronary artery disease is catheter-based selectivecoronary angiography. While there are advantages to coronaryangiography, it is invasive with some risk of complications andrequires a brief period of hospitalization, making it relativelyexpensive. Cardiac CT, PET and MR is a completetechnique-oriented reference, offering real alternatives to the"standard procedure".
Non-invasive techniques of coronary artery lumen imaging, suchas multislice computed tomography (MSCT) and magnetic resonanceimaging (CMR) as well as complementary and at times more usefulphysiologic and/or metabolic imaging techniques provided bypositron emission tomography (PET) are clearly detailed throughoutthis book. Cardiac CT, PET and MR therefore provides an excellentreference for all cardiologists, radiologists, and nuclear medicinephysicians involved in the diagnosis and risk assessment ofpatients with known or suspected coronary artery disease.

With the advent of these non-invasive techniques, the future ofinvasive coronary angiography will be reserved primarily fortherapeutic rather than diagnostic purposes. Accordingly, this bookprovides a unique and essential contribution to the developingfield for both physicians and students.

Part I. Instrumentation, imaging techniques, and protocols.

1. Positron emission tomography (Stephen L. Bacharach).

2. Cardiovascular magnetic resonance: Basic principles, methodsand techniques (Joseph B. Selvanayagam, Matthew D. Robson, Jane M.Francis, an d Stefan Neubauer).

3. Multidetector and electron-beam computed tomography of theheart (Robert Detrano, and Nathan D. Wong).

Part II. Clinical applications.

4. PET assessment of myocardial perfusion (Marcelo F. DiCarli).

5. PET: Metabolism, innervation and receptors (Frank M. Bengeland Markus Schwaiger).

6. MR angiography: Coronaries and great vessels (Patricia Nguyenand Phillip Yang).

7. Cardiovascular magnetic resonance: Evaluation of myocardialfunction, perfusion and viability (Padmini Varadarajan, KaramSouibri, Krishna S. Nayak and Gerald M. Pohost).

8. MSCT coronary imaging (Koen Nieman).

9. Cardiac computed tomography: Evaluation of myocardialfunction, perfusion and viability (Subha V. Raman and Patrick M.Colletti).

Part III. Concurrent noninvasive assessment ofcoronary anatomy, physiology, and myocellular integrity.

10. PET and MRI in cardiac imaging (Stephan G. Nekolla).

11. PET and CT in cardiac imaging: Is a paradigm shift fromSPECT to hybrid PET/CT inevitable (Henning Braess and VaskenDilsizian).

Index.