From the reviews: "The entire contents-from the introduction about the past, present, and future of CT of the heart through the technical underpinning of the method, and through various clinical, physiologic, an d pathologic applications of CT in studying the heart-art meticulous and comprehensive. This book fills and immense need"-Foreword by Alexander R. Margulis, MD, DSc., Weill Medical College of Cornell University "...state-of-the-art text on computed tomography of the heart." - Texas Heart Institute Journal "This excellent, new, profusely illustrated book demonstrates state-of-the-art imaging of the heart and also provides appropriate comparisons with the results from magentic resonance and ultrasound imaging methofs." - Comprehensive Therapy "This book on a hot topic contains 38 chapters by 62 contributors. The illustrations are superb. The book will be very useful for those in this field." (American Journal of Cardiology, June, 2007)

• and Historical Background.- CT of the Heart.- Technical Background.- Electron Beam CT of the Heart.- Scan Techniques for Cardiac and Coronary Artery Imaging With Multislice CT.- Image Reconstruction for ECG-Triggered and ECG-Gated Multislice CT.- Phase-Correlated Image Reconstruction Without ECG.- Radiation Dose From CT of the Heart.- Detection and Quantification of Coronary Calcium.- Coronary Calcium Screening.- Coronary Calcium Scanning.- Detection and Quantification of Coronary Calcium With Electron Beam CT.- Detection and Quantification of Coronary Calcium With Dual-Slice CT.- Detection and Quantification of Calcified Coronary Plaque With Multidetector-Row CT.- Coronary Calcium Scoring With Multidetector-Row CT.- Noninvasive Quantification of Coronary Calcium.- Contrast-Enhanced CT of the Heart.- CT of the Pericardium.- Multidetector-Row CT for Assessment of Cardiac Valves.- Multislice CT of the Heart and Great Vessels in Congenital Heart Disease Patients.- Imaging of Cardiac and Paracardiac Masses and Pseudotumors.- Multidetector-Row CT Assessment of Left-Ventricular Function.- Imaging Intramyocardial Microcirculatory Function Using Fast Computed Tomography.- Approaches for Assessing Myocardial Viability With Multidetector-Row CT.- Contrast-Enhanced CT of the Heart.- Anatomy of the Coronary Arteries and Veins in CT Imaging.- Techniques and Protocols for Acquisition and Display of Contrast-Enhanced CT Angiography.- Contrast Material Injection Techniques for CT Angiography of the Coronary Arteries.- Visualization Techniques for Contrast-Enhanced CT Angiography of Coronary Arteries.- CT Angiography for Assessment of Coronary Artery Anomalies.- Multidetector-Row CT for Assessment of Kawasaki Disease.- Multidetector-Row CT of the Coronary Arteries for Planning of Minimally Invasive Bypass Surgery.- CT Angiography for Assessment of Coronary Bypass Grafts.- Contrast-Enhanced Electron Beam CT and Multidetector-Row CT in the Evaluation of Coronary Stent Patency.- CT Angiography for the Detection of Coronary Artery Stenosis.- Complementary Use of Coronary Calcium Scoring and CT Angiography.- CT vs Magnetic Resonance for Imaging of the Coronary Arteries.- Contrast-Enhanced CT of the Heart.- Pathology and Pathophysiology of Coronary Atherosclerotic Plaques.- Pathogenesis of the Vulnerable Atherosclerotic Plaque.- Multidetector-Row CT Imaging of Clinical and Preclinical Coronary Atherosclerosis.- Multidetector-Row CT vs Intravascular Ultrasound for Coronary Plaque Characterization.- Multidetector-Row CT vs Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Coronary Plaque Characterization.- Multidetector-Row CT for Detection of Noncalcified and Calcified Coronary Lesions.