Novel Techniques for Imaging the Heart

Marcelo F. Di Carli, MD, FACC, FAHAAssociate Professor of Radiology and Medicine, Harvard Medical SchoolChief of Nuclear Medicine/PETCo-Director of Cardiovascular ImagingBrigham and Women’s HospitalBoston, MA, USARaymond Y. Kwong, MD, MPHAssistant Professor of Medicine and Radiology, Harvard Medical SchoolCo-Director of Cardiac MRI programBrigham and Women’s HospitalBoston, MA, USA

"This book will provide evidence and update the interested reader on two non-invasive, and often complimentary, exciting advanced imaging techniques: cardiac MR and cardiac CT." (Cardiology News, 1 December 2011)

• Contributors. Preface.Forewords.PART I General Considerations and Fundamentals of Imaging.1 Principles of CT and MRI (Leon Axel and Danny Kim).2 Clinical Considerations on the Use of Contrast Agents for CT and 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 Techniques and 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 (Ilan Gottlieb 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 Potential Revascularization (Michael Salerno, Han W. Kim, and Raymond J. Kim).9 Role of Hybrid Imaging: PET/CT and SPECT/CT (Marcelo F. Di Carli).10 Critical Review of Imaging Approaches for the Diagnosis and Prognosis 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 (William O. Ntim, Rahul Aggarwal, and W. Gregory Hundley).13 Evaluating the Patient before Interventional Electrophysiology (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 Clinical Perspective (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 Field Strength MRI (Ahmed M. Gharib, Matthias Stuber, and Roderic I. Pettigrew).21 Technical Advances in MDCT for Imaging Coronary Artery Stenoses and Physiology (Humberto Wong, Elsie T. Nguyen, and Geoffrey D. Rubin).22 Imaging of Myocardial Mechanics (Hiroshi Ashikaga and Elliot R. McVeigh).23 Cardiovascular Interventional MRI (Colin Berry and Robert J. Lederman).Index.A companion CD-ROM with video clips is included at the back of the book.