Main description:

This atlas comprehensively describes the application of computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance (MR) imaging in real-world scenarios using 192 illustrative clinical cases. These imaging techniques are revolutionizing the diagnostic and therapeutic approach for cardiovascular patients and are progressively becoming viable sub-specialties among radiologists and cardiologists.

Clinical Atlas of Cardiac and Aortic CT and MRI features clinically relevant case-based examples of how CT and MR imaging techniques can be applied to identify the pathological features of a range of acquired and congenital heart diseases. Using more than 1000 high-quality figures of distinctive CT and MR imaging features of most cardiovascular diseases, both acquired and congenital, it therefore provides a valuable resource for both specialist and non-specialist radiology/cardiology practitioners seeking to develop a deep understanding of how to recognize the features of a variety of heart diseases using CT and MR imaging techniques.

Contents:

1) Cardiac anatomy and coronary anomalies (Cases 1 to 7)

- Cardiac anatomy

- Coronary anomalies

2) Ischemic cardiomyopathy (Cases 8 to 47)

- Coronary artery disease

-Anatomical assessment:

-Subclinical atherosclerosis and plaque characterization

-Obstructive de-novo coronary lesions

-Revascularized patients: PCI and CABG

- Physiological assessment

-Stress myocardial perfusion

- Infarct imaging

- Complications of myocardial infarction

3) Myocardial infarction with non-obstructive coronary arteries (Cases 48 to 56)

- Tako-Tsubo

- Myocarditis

- Myocardial infarction

- Thrombophilia and other disorders

4) Non-ischemic cardiomyopathy (Cases 57 to 85)

- Dilated cardiomyopathy

- Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

- Arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy

- Restrictive cardiomyopathy

- Unclassified cardiomyopathy (non-compacted cardiomyopathy)

- Secondary cardiomyopathies

5) Structural Heart disease and guidance of percutaneous procedures (Cases 86 to 102)

- Valve heart disease

- Aortic valve disease

- Mitral valve disease

- Right heart valve disease

- Prosthetic valve assessment

- Guidance of percutaneous procedures

- Transcatheter valve replacement

- Pulmonary vein isolation

- Left atrial appendage: occlusion, thrombus, closure

6) Congenital heart disease (Cases 103 to 154)

- Atrial septal defect

- Ventricular septal defect

- Obstructive defects: aortic coarctation, and cardiac stenotic lesions

- Tetralogy of Fallot

- Anomalous venous return

- Transposition of the great arteries

- Congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries

- Univentricular heart and other

7) Cardiac masses and tumors (Cases 155 to 167)

- Pseudotumors

- Benign tumors

- Malignant tumors

8) Pericardial disease (Cases 168 to 176)

- Pericardial effusion

- Acute and chronic pericarditis

- Constrictive pericarditis

- Pericardial tumors

- Congenital

9) Aortic disease (Cases 177 to 192)

- Variants and congenital defects

- Aortic aneurysm

- Acute aortic syndrome

- Inflammatory

- Endovascular aortic repair