Computed Tomography Imaging in 2012, An Issue of Cardiology Clinics

Cardiac CT obtains information about coronary arteries, great arteries and veins, and heart valves.� It shows the location and extent of calcified plaque in the coronary arteries and helps detect coronary artery disease at an early stage, which neither traditional imaging techniques nor cardiac testing� can do. Over the last decade technologic advances in CT angiography have been made at a rapid rate, and the new applications and refinements of existing technology continue to be made.� This issue will help practicing cardiologists to keep up with the latest technology in this important and swiftly moving field.