Cardiovascular Computed Tomography

Dr James Stirrup is a Consultant Cardiologist at the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust. His specialist interests include echocardiography, cardiac computed tomogaphy, and nuclear cardiology. He is a Diplomate of the US Certification Boards of Nuclear Cardiology and Cardiac Computed Tomography and a Fellow of the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography. In 2014, he was awarded the National Heart and Lung Institute Thesis Prize for research carried out at the Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Trust on myocardial applications of cardiac computed tomography.Dr Michelle Williams is Clinical Lecturer in Cardiothoracic Radiology with the University of Edinburgh. She undertook a British Heart Foundation Clinical Research Fellowship and successfully defended her PhD on computed tomography imaging of the heart at the University of Edinburgh. Her research interests include CT coronary angiography, CT myocardial perfusion imaging, magnetic resonance angiography and molecular imaging of atherosclerotic plaque. She is research fellow for the SCOT-HEART study, a multicenter randomized control trial of the role of CT imaging in patients attending the outpatient cardiology clinics. This work has been awarded numerous prizes. Recently her work has been part of the research group's successful awards of the "BMJ Imaging Team of the Year" and the "Queens Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education". She is a member of the British Society of Cardiovascular Imaging executive committee, amongst others.Dr Bull was appointed at Royal Bournemouth Hospital in 2000. Prior to Radiology training in Cambridge he worked at Royal Brompton Hospital and Cleveland Clinic. He set up one of the first cardiac CT services in 2003 and introduced a cardiac MRI service in 2005. Royal Bournemouth Hospital is now one of the largest 'general hospital' cardiac CT and MRI units in the UK. Dr Bull has been heavily involved in developing software and hardware to make cardiac CT and MRI easier, faster and more robust. Dr Bull is currently president elect of the British Society of Cardiovascular Imaging (BSCI).Dr Ed Nicol is a Consultant Cardiologist and the Head of Cardiovascular CT at Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust, as well as holding the position of Honorary Senior Lecturer at Imperial College, London (Cardiology), and Keele University (Healthcare Leadership). He has published over 120 original papers, book chapters and books covering cardiovascular CT. He is also the Chair of the SCCT Education committee, and is the past President of the British Society of Cardiovascular Imaging and British Society of Cardiovascular CT.

Review from previous edition This is a well-organized question book that provides readers a way to test their knowledge as well as learn through the detailed explanations

• 1: Historical development of cardiovascular CT 2: MSCT scanner components 3: Technical principles of cardiovascular CT 4: Beyond 64-detector CT 5: Radiation physics, biology, and protection 6: Practical aspects of cardiovascular CT 7: Intravenous contrast media 8: Scan protocols 9: Difficult scenarios 10: Image reconstruction and processing 11: Sources of artefact 12: Cross-sectional anatomy of the thorax 13: The coronary arteries and cardiac veins 14: Assessment of coronary artery disease 15: Coronary stent imaging 16: Coronary artery bypass graft imaging 17: Ventricular pathology 18: Evaluation of myocardial scarring and perfusion 19: Evaluation of the left atrium and pulmonary veins 20: CT workup prior to transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) 21: Valve imaging 22: Pericardial disease 23: Adult congenital heart disease 24: Non-cardiac findings on cardiac CT 25: Thoracic aortic imaging 26: Pulmonary artery imaging 27: Peripheral arterial imaging 28: Systemic veins 29: Accreditation and certification in cardiovascular CT 30: Comparison of multi-modality imaging 31: Future directions of cardiac CT