Coronary Angiography: Advances in Noninvasive Imaging Approach for Evaluation of Coronary Artery Disease (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9789533076751)

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.

Author: Baskot Branislav
ISBN-10: 9533076755
ISBN-13: 9789533076751
Publisher: Intechopen
Language: English
Published: 09/15/2011
Pages: 430
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.94lbs
Size: 9.61h x 6.69w x 0.94d