Novel Techniques for Imaging the Heart Book

Contributors vii

Preface xiii

Forewords xv

Part I General Considerations and Fundamentals of Imaging

1 Principles of CT and MRI Leon Axel Danny Kim 3

2 Clinical Considerations on the Use of Contrast Agents for CT and MRI Federico E. Mordini Robert R. Edelman 17

3 Radiation Dose Considerations in Cardiac CT Mannudeep K. Kalra Suhny Abbara 31

4 Safety Considerations of Current and Evolving CMR Techniques and Hardware Saman Nazarian Henry R. Halperin David A. Bluemke 43

Part II Clinical Applications of CT and CMR Imaging

5 Evaluating the Symptomatic Patient with Suspected CAD Bernhard L. Gerber 57

6 Evaluation of Atherosclerotic Plaques with CT and MRI Ilan Gottlieb Joao A.C. Lima 80

7 Evaluating Chest Pain in Patients with Known CAD Amit R. Patel Christopher M. Kramer 96

8 Evaluating the Patient with LV Dysfunction for Potential Revascularization Michael Salerno Han W. Kim Raymond J. Kim 111

9 Role of Hybrid Imaging: PET/CT and SPECT/CT Marcelo F. Di Carli 136

10 Critical Review of Imaging Approaches for the Diagnosis and Prognosis of CAD Rory Hachamovitch George A. Beller 148

11 Evaluating the Patient with New Onset Heart Failure Joseph B. Selvanayagam Theodoros D. Karamitsos 169

12 Evaluating the Patient before Noncardiac Surgery William O. Ntim Rahul Aggarwal W. Gregory Hundley 184

13 Evaluating the Patient before Interventional Electrophysiology Riple J. Hansalia Mario J. Garcia 202

14 Assessment of Blood Flow and Heart Valve Disease by CMR Philip J. Kilner 219

15 Relative Merits of CTA and MRA for Coronary Artery Imaging Xin Liu James C. Carr Debiao Li 229

16 Can Atherosclerosis Imaging Improve Patient Management? Allen J. Taylor Robert O.Bonow 244

Part III Advanced Applications of CT and CMR Imaging

17 Atherosclerosis Imaging: A Biological and Clinical Perspective Peter Libby 259

18 Stem Cell Imaging Dara L. Kraitchman 278

19 Myocardial Imaging in CAD: Beyond Ischemia and Viability Susan H. Kwon Henry Wu Raymond Y. Kwong 295

20 Technical Advances and the Future Prospects of High Field Strength MRI Ahmed M. Gharib Matthias Stuber Roderic I. Pettigrew 305

21 Technical Advances in MDCT for Imaging Coronary Artery Stenoses and Physiology Humberto Wong Elsie T. Nguyen Geoffrey D. Rubin 318

22 Imaging of Myocardial Mechanics Hiroshi Ashikaga Elliot R. McVeigh 328

23 Cardiovascular Interventional MRI Colin Berry Robert J. Lederman 336

Index 349