Blankstein. Cardiac Computed Tomography

Part of the renowned Braunwald family of references, Cardiac Computed Tomography: A Companion to Braunwald’s Heart Disease provides today’s clinicians with clear, authoritative guidance on every aspect of this rapidly evolving area of heart imaging. Covering coronary CT angiography (CCTA), coronary artery calcium (CAC), and various other uses of cardiac CT ranging from valvular to structural heart disease, editor Dr. Ron Blankstein and a team of expert contributing authors discuss principles of image acquisition, patient indications, imaging approaches, diagnostic criteria, evaluation approaches, and the latest advances in the technology. From cover to cover, this new volume offers reliable and current point-of-care coverage of cardiac CT, making it an ideal resource for practitioners at all levels of experience.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

SECTION I BASIC PRINCIPLES OF CARDIAC CT
1. Image Acquisition Protocols for Different Types of Cardiac CT
2. Advances in Hardware and Reconstruction Techniques for Cardiac CT

SECTION II CARDIAC CT AND PREVENTION
3. Coronary Artery Calcium Scanning: Indications and Patient Management
4. Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography for Primary Prevention
5. Sex Differences in Coronary Atherosclerosis

SECTION III CORONARY CT ANGIOGRAPHY
6. How to Obtain a High-Quality Coronary CT Angiography
7. Diagnostic Accuracy of Coronary CT Angiography
8. Coronary CT Angiography for Acute Chest Pain: Clinical Indications, Protocols, and Patient Management
9. The Role of Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography in Patients With Stable Chest Pain
10. Coronary Stents and Bypass Grafts

SECTION IV CORONARY CTA AND PLAQUE ANALYSIS
11. Approaches to Plaque Imaging by CCTA
12. Plaque on CCTA: Lessons From Histology

SECTION V ADDITIONAL CT-BASED TECHNIQUES TO EVALUATE CAD
13. Cardiac Computed Tomography Fractional Flow Reserve (CT-FFR) Current Clinical Evidence and Limitations
14. Evaluating Coronary Inflammation Using the Fat Attenuation Index
15. Myocardial Perfusion Imaging

SECTION VI SPECIAL POPULATIONS
16. Cardiac Computed Tomography in Patients With Diabetes
17. CCTA in Chronic Inflammatory Diseases
18. Cardiac Computed Tomography in Cardio-oncology

SECTION VII VALVULAR AND STRUCTURAL HEART DISEASE
19. Cardiac Computed Tomography for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement
20. Use of Cardiac Computed Tomography in Structural Heart Disease Interventions
21. Cardiac Masses
22. Endocarditis in Native and Prosthetic Valves