BookU. Joseph Schoepf, editor.
Summary: This book is a comprehensive and richly-illustrated guide to cardiac CT, its current state, applications, and future directions. While the first edition of this text focused on what was then a novel instrument looking for application, this edition comes at a time where a wealth of guideline-driven, robust, and beneficial clinical applications have evolved that are enabled by an enormous and ever growing field of technology. Accordingly, the focus of the text has shifted from a technology-centric to a more patient-centric appraisal. While the specifications and capabilities of the CT system itself remain front and center as the basis for diagnostic success, much of the benefit derived from cardiac CT today comes from avant-garde technologies enabling enhanced visualization, quantitative imaging, and functional assessment, along with exciting deep learning, and artificial intelligence applications. Cardiac CT is no longer a mere tool for non-invasive coronary artery stenosis detection in the chest pain diagnostic algorithms; cardiac CT has proven its value for uses as diverse as personalized cardiovascular risk stratification, prediction, and management, diagnosing lesion-specific ischemia, guiding minimally invasive structural heart disease therapy, and planning cardiovascular surgery, among many others. This second edition is an authoritative guide and reference for both novices and experts in the medical imaging sciences who have an interest in cardiac CT.
Contents:
HISTORY OF CARDIAC CT: A PERSONAL STORY
Evolution of Radiation Dose from Cardiac CT
THE LONG MARCH INTO CLINICAL PRACTICE: CARDIAC CT AND ITS COMPETITORS
Cardiac Computed Tomography: A Team Sport
Cardiac CT: Credentialing and Accreditation
Principles of Cardiac CT Image Acquisition
Cardiac CT Platforms: State of the Art
Dual Energy and Spectral CT Techniques in Cardiovascular Imaging
Drugs in Cardiac CT
Contrast Media Injection Protocols in CT Coronary Angiography
Cardiovascular CT: Image Reconstruction
The Challenging Patient
Cardiac CT: Contemporary Clinical Image Data Display, Analysis, and Quantification
Workflow Optimization
Defining the Role and Benefits of a 3D Laboratory for Cardiovascular
Structured Reporting for Cardiac CT
Integration of CT Data into Clinical Workflows: Role of Modern IT Infrastructure including Cloud Technology
Thoughts on Coding and Reimbursement
Pathology and Pathophysiology of Coronary Atherosclerotic Plaques
CT CARDIAC ANATOMY
Patient Selection: When to Use Cardiac CT versus Other Imaging or Non-Imaging Tests
Current Guidelines
Clinical Application of the Coronary Artery Calcium Score and Implications for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention
The Many Uses of Epicardial Fat Measurements
Nonatherosclerotic Coronary Artery Disease
The Many Faces of Atherosclerosis
Use of Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography in Cardiac Risk Assessment for Non-Cardiac Surgery
Chronic Chest Pain
Coronary CT Angiography for Evaluation of Acute Coronary Syndrome in the Emergency Department
The Role of Cardiac CT in Patients with Metabolic Disorders
CT for Guiding Successful Revascularization
Multidetector CT Angiography for Coronary Bypass Graft Assessment and Reoperative Cardiac Surgery
Stent Assessment
CT of Cardiac Function and Wall Motion
Three-Chamber Function with Cardiac CT
Diseases of the Myocardium and Pericardium
CT of Cardiac and Paracardi ac Masses
Valvular Heart Disease and Prostheses
CT in the Context of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement
CT for Minimally Invasive Repair of Mitral Valve and Other Structural Heart Disease
Cardiac CT: Electrophysiological Applications
Cardiac Devices
Special Technique Considerations for Congenital Heart Disease Imaging
CT of Coronary Artery Anomalies
CT Spectrum of Congenital Heart Disease
The Use of Cardiovascular CT in repaired CHD
Cardiac CT in the Setting of Heart Transplantation
CT Imaging of the Heart-Lung Axis
Ischemic Stroke: The Role of Cardiac CT
Incidental Findings on CT angiography and How to Manage Them
A Test on the Move: Cardiac CT in China as a Case Study
Prognosis and Outcome: State of the Evidence
Cardiac CT: Comparative Cost-Effectiveness
Barriers to Greater Clinical Implementation
Differences and Disparities in Cardiovascular Medicine Related to Gender, Race, and Ethnicity: The Role of Cardiac CT
Cardiac CT Radiomics
Coronary CT Angiography for Screening, Risk Stratification, and Management of Asymptomatic Patients: State of the Evidence
Advanced Methods for Coronary Artery Plaque Analysis
Transluminal Attenuation Gradient and Other CT Techniques for Gauging Lesion Significance
CT Angiography Derived Fractional Flow Reserve
CT Myocardial Perfusion Imaging: Arterial First Pass Imaging
Myocardial Perfusion Imaging: Dual-Energy Approaches
Dynamic Myocardial CT Perfusion Imaging
CTs Role for Myocardial Viability Assessment
Coronary CT Angiography as the Gatekeeper to the Cathlab: Where Are We?
3D Printing from Cardiac CT Images
Future Technological Advances in Cardiac CT.