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Record Nr.

UNINA9910830587603321

Titolo

Cardiovascular imaging [[electronic resource] ] : a handbook for clinical practice / / edited by Jeroen J. Bax ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Malden, MA, : Blackwell Pub., 2005

ISBN

1-280-74845-1

9786610748457

0-470-76257-8

1-4443-1289-8

1-4051-7172-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (312 p.)

Collana

The ESC educational series

Altri autori (Persone)

BaxJeroen J

Disciplina

616.10754

616.120754

Soggetti

Heart - Imaging

Cardiovascular system - Imaging

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

List of contributors; Preface; Foreword; Section one: Valve disease; CHAPTER 1 Mitral stenosis; CHAPTER 2 Mitral regurgitation; CHAPTER 3 Aortic stenosis; CHAPTER 4 Aortic regurgitation; CHAPTER 5 Aortic dissection; CHAPTER 6 Evaluation of prosthetic heart valves; CHAPTER 7 Echocardiography in infective endocarditis; Section two: Coronary artery disease; CHAPTER 8 Coronary imaging and screening; CHAPTER 9 Diagnosis and prognosis in patients with chest pain; CHAPTER 10 Peripheral vascular disease; CHAPTER 11 Risk stratification post-infarction

CHAPTER 12 Risk stratification before non-cardiac surgerySection three: Heart failure; CHAPTER 13 Acute dyspnea (diastolic, systolic LV dysfunction, and pulmonary embolism); CHAPTER 14 Echocardiographic evaluation of patients with chronic dyspnea; CHAPTER 15 Resynchronization therapy; CHAPTER 16 Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; CHAPTER 17 Viability in ischemic cardiomyopathy; Section four: Uncommon entities; CHAPTER 18 Cardiac tumors; CHAPTER 19 Evaluation of the transplanted heart; CHAPTER 20 Unusual



cardiomyopathies - role of cardiac magnetic resonance imaging

CHAPTER 21 Myocarditis and pericardial diseaseCHAPTER 22 Congenital heart disease; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book is focused on the use of non-invasive imaging in clinical cardiology. Its central theme is the use of different imaging modalities in the routine clinical problems that physicians encounter on a regular basis. Many different clinical issues are discussed, including valvular disease, coronary artery disease, and myocardial and pericardial disease. In these various pathologies, the applications of echocardiography, nuclear imaging, CMR and MSCT are highlighted.  The majority of chapters are illustrated with a clinical case study and with moving images, which are contained o