Multidetector Coronary CT Angiography: Principles, Practice and Applications

This book provides easily digestible information about
cardiovascular disease and its treatment. It explains that angiographic studies
reveal that coronary artery disease is non-linear. Frequently lesions appear in
segments of arteries that were apparently normal. Such lesions are culprit lesions
that cause acute coronary syndromes. This is a masterwork that guides and
explains that for the first time the advent of coronary CT allows early
presymptomatic identification of coronary disease with great confidence and
ease allowing physicians a greater range of treatment options including early
cost effective interventions using dietary and lifestyle changes. This presents a
practical concise guide for understanding and vascular CT angiograms. The
text is written in highly practical and didactic manner which will help
Cardiologists to browse information in a succinct, essentials only manner. The
high quality illustrations serve to ensure that the concepts explained are
supported by real-life examples and thus readily applicable to the clinical
setting. This book has initiated a paradigm shift in noninvasive vascular imaging
finally conquering the beating heart. The simplicity of image acquisitions and
the advanced post processing systems available have made it suitable for routine
clinical applications. This book contains more than 450 images acquired with a
64 detector MDCT covering all aspects of coronary vascular imaging including
congenital heart disease. It will serve as a handy easy-to-use both text and atlas
for those wanting to start the practice of CT Angiography.