Cardiac Imaging in Clinical Practice

This book provides a concise guide to echocardiography, SPECT, CT and MRI, including both the basics of cardiac imaging as well as tables of normal/abnormal values and guidelines.

With advances in technology, cardiac CT and MRI are becoming more popular but are often limited to larger medical centers. By including the basics of these modalities, this book provides a comprehensive guide for a wide range of medical professionals. As physicians outside of cardiology often do not have sufficient exposure to nuclear stress tests, this book contains SPECT and stress test protocols in order to facilitate decision-making when ordering tests and interpreting results.

Cardiac Imaging in Clinical Practice is a quick reference guide and will be useful at multiple levels of training, enabling the book to be used as a basic and advanced reference source. As such, it is appropriate for students, residents, fellows and staff attendings who want a practical andhandy reference to the diagnostic options open to them.

Autorentext
Dr. Dmitriy Kireyev earned graduated summa cum laude majoring in physics at University of Massachusetts in Amherst. He subsequently received his medical degree from the Boston University School of Medicine. He completed his Internal Medicine Training at Saint Elizabeth's Medical Center of Boston and cardiovascular fellowship at State University of New York in Buffalo, NY. Dmitriy Kireyev is board certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine and Nuclear Cardiology. Dmitriy Kireyev wrote 15 articles (11 as a first author). He is currently an advanced echocardiography fellow in Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA Dr. Judy Hung is an associate director of echocardiography at Massachusetts General Hospital and Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Dr Hung completed cardiology fellowship at the Massachusetts General Hospital and advanced echocardiography fellowship in the Massachusetts General Hospital. She is certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease and Echocardiography.

Inhalt
Echocardiography-Physics basics.- Views.- Chamber quantification.- Valves: AS, AR, MS, MR, TS, TR, PS, PR subchapters.- Artificial valves basics, AS, AR, MS, MR, TS, TR, PS, PR.- Diastology.- Pericardial disease.- Cardiac Masses.- Non-invasive catheterization.- Basic cardiac anomalies.- Ischemic heart disease.- CHF.- Cardiomyopathies.- Systemic diseases.- Aortic disease.- Basics of bubble and contrast studies.- SPECT-Basics of SPECT Radioisotopes.- Ischemia work up.- Viability work up.- CT- Technique.- Indications.- Sample images.- MRI-Basic technique.- Indications.- Function, Viability.- Masses, CMP, scar, amyloid, HCM images.- Pericardium: inflammation, constriction vs. restriction.