This highly illustrated handbook is a primer for the practical performance and interpretation of cardiovascular computed tomography. It is the first portable reference to cardiac CT techniques and covers all techniques, including 64-slice CT.

This highly illustrated handbook is a primer for the practical performance and interpretation of cardiovascular computed tomography. It is the first portable reference to cardiac CT techniques. The manual serves as a companion to the textbook: 'Cardiac CT Imaging: Diagnosis of Cardiovascular Disease' and provides a concise and practical text summary of each topic. In addition there are tables, algorithms, protocols and key images for orientation to, and familiarization with, important disease processes. This manual targets a reading audience who are in the training phase of performance and interpretation of cardiovascular CT and is designed as an easily accessible pocket reference.

Cardiovascular CT Angiography: Concepts Important to Image Acquisition and Reconstruction.- Cardiovascular CT Imaging: Essentials for Clinical Practice.- Cardiovascular Calcium: Assessment and Impact of Interventions.- Assessment of Cardiac Function.- CTA as an IVUS Equivalent: Plaque Characterization and Percutaneous Coronary Intervention.- Coronary Angiography of Native Vessels.- Coronary CT Angiography after Percutaneous Coronary Intervention.- Coronary Angiography After Surgical Revascularization.- Perfusion and Delayed Enhancement Imaging.- Cardiac SPECT and PET: Complementary Roles with Cardiac CT.- CCT Imaging: Cardiac Electrophysiology Applications.- Pericardial/Myocardial Disease Processes.- Assessment of Cardiacand Thoracic Masses.- Computed Tomography Evaluation in Valvular Heart Disease.- The Aorta and Great Vessels.- Adult Congenital Heart Disease.- Cardiovascular CT: Assessment of the Lower Extremity Vasculature.- Imaging Decisions: Cardiovascular CT Versus CardiovascularMR.- Radiation Safety: Radiation Dosimetry and CT Dose Reduction Techniques.- Competency, Appropriateness, and Quality in Cardiovascular CT.- Cardiac Anatomy by Computed Tomographic Imaging.