Clinical Atlas of Cardiac and Aortic CT and MRI

Illustrates distinctive imaging features of cardiovascular diseases, provided in a clinical context

Integrates both CT and MR imaging to understand the concepts of multimodal cardiovascular imaging

Includes video material for many of the cases to show readers the actual clinical experience

Auteur

Dr. Patricia Carrascosa (MD, PhD, FSCCT) is the chair of the CT and MRI and Research Departments of Diagnóstico Maipú, one of the largest private imaging centers in Argentina, affiliated to the University of Buenos Aires. She is the Director of the residence program, whilst also being an Assistant Professor at the University of Buenos Aires.

Dr Carrascosa is Fellow of the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (FSCCT) and Co-Director of the Latin-American Committee of the SCCT. She has authored over 100 manuscripts, 120 abstracts and 5 books: the books including Virtual Hysterosalpingography and Dual-Energy CT in Cardiovascular Imaging. She has also authored chapters in books such as "CT and MRI of the Whole Body" by John Haaga; "Noninvasive Cardiovascular Imaging" by Mario J. García, and "Ultrasound Imaging Reproductive Medicine" by Laurel A. Stadtmauer. She serves as a reviewer for many national and international journals such as JACC Imaging, Heart, Journalof Cardiovascular Computed Tomography, and American Journal of Cardiology.

Dr. Carlos Capuñay (MD) is currently Head of Computed Tomography and Sub-Head of the Research Department at Diagnóstico Maipú in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He has focused his main clinical activities on the thoracic and cardiovascular field in CT and on vascular MRI. He is boarded in Cardiovascular Computed Tomography.

Dr. Capuñay has written and published over 60 manuscripts, 80 abstracts and 3 books, including Virtual Hysterosalpingography. He is also author of national and international books chapters about cardiovascular CT and other subjects.

Dr. Alejandro Darío Deviggiano (MD) is the Coordinator of the non-Invasive Cardiovascular Imaging Department of Diagnóstico Maipu, and a professor at Buenos Aires University. Dr. Deviggiano was the former Director of the Clinical and Therapeutic Cardiology Council and the Cardiac CT and MRI Council of the Argentinian Society of Cardiology. Heis curr ently a member of the Education/CME Committee of the Society of Cardiovascular CT. His research interests include cardiac CT and evaluation of cardiomyopathies by MRI. He is an author of many scientific publications, as well as chapters in 3 books. Dr. Rodriguez-Granillo (MD, PhD, FACC) is a staff cardiologist in the Department of Cardiovascular Imaging at Diagnostico Maipu, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. His main clinical interests are focused on the assessment of coronary atherosclerosis and cardiovascular imaging by means of computed tomography, magnetic resonance, and intravascular ultrasound. Dr. Rodriguez-Granillo has published a textbook of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance, and has contributed to several chapters in other medical textbooks related to his specialty interests. He has published over 100 papers , and is in the Editorial Board of numerous international journals.

Contenu
Cardiac anatomy and coronary anomalies.- Ischemic cardiomyopathy.- Myocardial infarction with non-obstructive coronary arteries.- Non-ischemic cardiomyopathy.- Structural Heart disease and guidance of percutaneous procedures.- Congenital heart disease.- Cardiac masses and tumors.- Pericardial disease.- Aortic disease.