Atlas of Non-Invasive Coronary Angiography by Multidetector Computed Tomography presents more than 160 illustrations, with 116 in color and illustrates the capacity of multidetector CT for the analysis of the anatomy of the coronary arteries.
Contents
Basics and Performance of Cardiac Computed Tomography
- Historical perspective of computed to,ography
- Basic principles of multidetector computed tomography in the study of the heart
- Detectors
- Image reconstruction
- temporal resolution
- Spatial resolution
- control of radiation dose
- Performance of a cardiac MDCT study
- Preparation of the patient
- Image acquisition and contrast administration
- Image reconstruction
Normal Anatomy and Congenital Abnormalities of the Coronary Arteries
- Left coronary artery
- Left main artery
- Left anterior descending
- Left circumflex
- Intermediate coronary artery
- Right coronary artery
- Pattern of dominance of the coronary arteries
- Congenital anomalies of the coronary arteries
- Anomalies relatable to myocardial ischemia
- Anomalies not leading to myocardial ischemia
Detection and Quantification of Coronary Artery Calcium by MDCT
- Coronary artery calcium quantification: the Agatston method
- Clinical implications of coronary artery calcium
Coronary Artery Stenoses: Detection, Quantification and Characterization
- Analysis of coronary artery lesions
- Diagnostic tools of MDCT applied in the study of coronary artery lesions
- Reading a MDCT coronary angiograph
- role of noninvasive coronary angiography by MDCT in clinical practice
Morphological and Functional Assessment of Heart Chambers by MDCT
- Assessment of ventricular volume and function
- Myocardial tissue characterization
Index
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