Coronary Angiography - Advances in Noninvasive Imaging Approach for Evaluation of Coronary Artery Disease - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9533076755 ISBN 13: 9789533076751

Verlag: IntechOpen, 2011

Inhaltsangabe

In the intervening 10 years tremendous advances in the field of cardiac computed tomography have occurred. We now can legitimately claim that computed tomography angiography (CTA) of the coronary arteries is available. In the evaluation of patients with suspected coronary artery disease (CAD), many guidelines today consider CTA an alternative to stress testing. The use of CTA in primary prevention patients is more controversial in considering diagnostic test interpretation in populations with a low prevalence to disease. However the nuclear technique most frequently used by cardiologists is myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI). The combination of a nuclear camera with CTA allows for the attainment of coronary anatomic, cardiac function and MPI from one piece of equipment. PET/SPECT cameras can now assess perfusion, function, and metabolism. Assessing cardiac viability is now fairly routine with these enhancements to cardiac imaging. This issue is full of important information that every cardiologist needs to now.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: IntechOpen
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2011
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 9533076755
• ISBN 13: 9789533076751
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 426
• Herausgeber: Branislav Baskot
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: preigu GmbH & Co. KG; mail@preigu.de; ; Lengericher Landstr. 19; Osnabrück; Niedersachsen; 49078; Deutschland