Co-authored by a nuclear cardiologist and a cardiologist, this book presents practical, up-to-date information on diagnostic imaging for coronary artery disease, including coronary CT angiography, cardiac SPECT, cardiac PET, and MRI. The authors present the basic concepts and must-know facts of these modalities and offer guidelines for risk stratification of coronary artery disease. Test questions for board review are included in this book. A companion Website will contain clinical case examples of coronary CT angiography studies and nuclear studies. Full-color images of black-and-white print CT, SPECT, and PET materials will be included. The Website will also include 31 video clips.
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Introduction 1: Basic Physics of Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography Physics 2: Myocardial Perfusion Scans 3: Equilibrium Radionuclide Angiography 4: Cardiac Positron Emission Tomography (PET) 4.1: Basic PET Physics and the PET Camera 4.2: PET Tracers 4.3: PET Measurement of Myocardial Blood Flow 4.4: PET Viability Studies 5: Coronary CT Angiography 5.1: Basic Physics and the CT Camera 5.2: Clinical Examples and Scenarios Case 1: LAD Disease with Cardiac Catheterization Correlation Case 2: Effect of Overlying Calcium: Intravascular Ultrasound Correlation Case 3: Patent Intracoronary Stent Case 4: 3-Vessel Disease with Cardiac Catheterization Correlation Case 5: Effect of High Calcium Score and Inaccuracy of Resultant Interpretation Case 6: Correlation with Stress Test and Cardiac Catheterization Case 7: Atypical Symptoms with CTA Being the Definitive Diagnostic Test Case 8: Diagnosis of CAD in Patient Presenting to Emergency Center with Acute Chest Pain Case 9: Diagnosis of Coronary Aneurysm and Correlation with Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Catheterization and Pathology Case 10: Limitation of Overlying Calcification-Correlation with Intravascular Ultrasound Case 11: Bicuspid Aortic Valve Case 12: Saphenous Vein Graft Pseudoaneurysm Case 13: Occluded Right Coronary Artery With an Aneurysm of the Mid Inferior Wall Case 14: Image Reconstruction Artifact of the Right Coronary Artery Case 15: Focal Stenosis of the Circumflex Artery With Cardiac Catheterization Correlation Case 16: Blooming Artifact in Focally Calicified Segments Case 17: Correlation of a Subtotal Occlusion on CTA With Cardiac Catheterization Case 18: Occluded Stent with Collaterals Case 19: Severe CAD with IVUS Correlation 5.3: Clinical Indications and Limitations 5.4: Iodinated Radiocontrast Agents 6: Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Coronary Artery Disease 7: Risk Stratification Using Inflammatory Markers and Other Risk Factors in Nuclear Imaging 8: The Future Appendix 1: Important Web Sites Appendix 2: COCATS Guidelines for Level 2 Training in Nuclear Cardiology Index
