Comparative Cardiac Imaging: A Case-based Guide 1st Edition

Your Guide to Cardiac Imaging Modalities

This book provides the information necessary to guide clinicians to a more efficient and appropriate use of the cardiac imaging modalities at their disposal. It is a comprehensive book that guides the practitioner in choosing the most appropriate test for various cardiac symptoms and diseases, and helps them to understand the benefits and limitations of each imaging modality.

Key Features

Comparative Approach: It uniquely focuses on and compares the many different modalities for cardiac imaging, such as echocardiography, computer tomography, MRI, and nuclear cardiology.

• Case-Based Guide: It utilizes actual case examples to demonstrate the state of the art in comparative cardiac imaging.

Comprehensive Coverage: It offers in-depth chapter coverage of Aortic Diseases, Aortic Valvular Diseases, Mitral Valvular Diseases, Prosthetic Valves, Coronary Artery Disease, Pulmonary Artery Diseases, and more.

Multidisciplinary Focus: It breaks the topic down by anatomy and pathophysiology in order to cover all aspects of non-invasive cardiac imaging.

Advanced Modalities: It covers newer and lesser-known modalities like speckle tracking and velocity vector imaging.

Controversial Topics: It offers coverage of more controversial topics, such as CT angiography.

Broad Audience: It presents a level of data that is appropriate for the practicing cardiologist and cardiology trainee, as well as residents, internists, and other primary care clinicians.