About the Book
This timely monograph focuses exclusively on the current and emerging use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and spectroscopy (MRS) as clinical diagnostic and scientific investigative tools in cardiovascular disease. While MRI is now primarily being used to depict morphology, the innate benefit of this modality is unparalleled precision in the quantification of cardiac function and blood flow. This potential is intriguingly explored in a number of chapters that describe the utilization of MR techniques for myocardial tagging, myocardial perfusion, and coronary flow quantification. The continuous development of MRS as a realistic probe for in vivo elucidation of myocardial metabolism, myocardial oxidation mechanisms, and myocardial viability is also detailed. Magnetic resonance angiography has now evolved into an impressive imaging modality for several regions of the circulation, and the contributors provide lucid and in-depth profiles of them all.
Readers will learn the optimal techniques and applications in the thoracic and abdominal aorta, carotid, lower limb, and coronary arteries -- as well as some of the insights into cardiovascular physiology, pharmacology, and metabolism that MRI/MRS-assisted research has discovered. This book provides a lucid, comprehensive, and expert overview of an increasingly important modality in detecting and understanding cardiovascular disease.
Table of Contents:
PrefaceC. Higgins Part 1: Magnetic Resonance Techniques 1. Echoplanar Cardiovascular ImagingC.P. Davis, G.K. von Schulthess 2. Myocardial Tagging: Techniques and ApplicationsE.A. Zerhouni 3. Magnetic Resonance Imaging Techniques for Assessing Myocardial PerfusionR. Pettigrew, J. Oshinski, W.T Dixon 4. Magnetic Resonance Angiography: TechniquesM.R. Prince Part 2: Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Morphology 5. Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Myocardial and Pericardial DiseaseR.D. White 6. Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Thoracic Aortic DiseaseC.A. Nienaber, Y. von Kodolitsch 7. Morphological Evaluation in Congenital Heart Disease Using Magnetic Resonance ImagingM.A. Fogel 8. Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Adult Congenital Heart DiseaseA. de Roos, W.A. Hellbing, R.A. Niezen, S.A. Rebergen, E.E. van der Wall, J. Ottenkamp 9. Cost-Effective Diagnostic Algorithms for the Surgical Management of Congenital Heart Disease: The Classic Approach Applied to Managed CareJ.B. Kinney, V.B. Ho, F.M. Lupinetti, D.J. Sahn 10. Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Cardiovascular System: Can It Be Cost Effective?E.T. Martin, G.M. Pohost Part 3: Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Function 11. Identification of Regional Myocardial Ischemia Using Function and Perfusion Assessment by Magnetic Resonance Imaging TechniquesP.T. Buser, J. Bremerich, C. Gradel, R. Miettunen, G. Bongartz 12. Quantification of Myocardial Perfusion with Magnetic Resonance: Clinical Implications and PotentialN. Wilke, M.J. Herold 13. Magnetic Resonance Contrast Media in Ischemic Heart DiseaseC.B. Higgins, M. Saeed, M. Wendland 14. Assessment of Regional and Transmural Myocardial Function Using Tagging TechniquesL. Axel 15. Assessment of Myocardial Viability by Magnetic Resonance TechniquesU. Sechtem, F.M. Baer, P. Theissen, E. Voth, H. Schicha 16. Positron Emission Tomography for the Quantification of Myocardial Blood Flow and ViabilityH.R. Schelbert 17. Measurement of Coronary Blood Flow at Rest and During StressH. Sakuma, C.B. Higgins 18. Physiological and Biochemical Information from Water in Cardiac Magnetic Resonance ImagingR.S. Balaban Part 4: Magnetic Resonance Angiography 19. Magnetic Resonance Angiography of the Aortic Arch and Carotid ArteriesC.M. Anderson 20. Magnetic Resonance Angiography of the Aorta and Peripheral ArteriesE.K. Yucel 21. Techniques for Magnetic Resonance Angiography of Coronary ArteriesD. Nishimura, B. Hu, C. Meyer, T. Sachs, J. Brittain, S. Wang, P. Irarrazaval, A. Macovski 22. Magnetic Resonance Angiography of Coronary Arteries: Clinical ResultsW.J. Manning Part 5: Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy 23. Quantification of Myocardial Phophorus Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy in HumansP.A. Bottomley 24. Phosphorus Magnetic Resonance Studies of Mitochondrial Creatine Kinase. From In Vitro to In VivoF.A. van Dorsten, T. Reese, M. Laudy, C.J.A. van Echteld, M.G.J. Nederhoff, J. Ton, D. Laterveer, F.N. Gellerich, K. Nicolay 25. Do Changes in the Creatine Kinase System Contribute to Ventricular Dysfunction in the Failing Heart? Phosphorus Magnetic Resonance Imaging Spectroscopy StudiesJ.S. Ingwall 26. Phosphorus Magnetic Resonance Imaging Spectroscopy in the Hypertrophied Left VentricleR.J. Bache, J. Zhang, A.H.L. From, K. Ugurbil 27. Energy Metabolism of the Right VentricleG.G. Schwartz, C.R. Greyson, B.M. Massie, M.W. Weiner, J.A. Wisneski 28. Phosphorus Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopic Studies of Skeletal Muscle in Patients with Congestive Heart Failure: Contributions to the Understanding of the Pathophysiology of Exercise IntoleranceB.M. Massie 29. Critical Oxygen and Myoglobin Function in MyocardiumY. Chung, T. Jue 30. Dynamic Analysis of Tricarboxylic Acid Cycle Flux and Substrate Selection Under In Vivo ConditionsP-M. Robitaille
Review :
..".an absolute must for every cardiologist, radiologist and MR-physicist with an interest in this field."
Clinical Cardiology
"The rapid developments in MR technology and its applications in cardiovascular disease make it very difficult to develop a textbook on this subject. This monograph fills a unique niche providing substantive, relatively comprehensive, and current information complementing other more atlas-type texts. This addition to the monograph series is a very capable successor to its 1993 predecessor on cardiovascular MR."
Doody's Review Service
"Current and Future Applications of Magnetic Resonance in Cardiovascular Disease is an up-to-date text and will be of value to those interested in the frontiers of anatomic and functional imaging of the heart. The references are quite complete."
American Journal of Roentgenology
..". widely illustrated with high quality figures and followed by an up-to-date list of references. This book remains a valuable source of basic information in the exciting field."
International Journal of Cardiac Imaging
"The book is well referenced and it gives due credit to the many who have contributed to this expanding modality over the years."
Canadian Journal of Cardiology
"This 560-page volume is available at a very reasonable price. It is nicely illustrated, and the images and figures are of good quality. Personally, I would recommend this book to anyone routinely dealing with cardiovascular MRI who is interested in the newest developments, and to those with a particular interest in magnetic resonance spectroscopy of the heart."
European Radiology
..". even physicians with little experience in evaluating the results of examinations can be orientated well... recommended strongly to radiologists and cardiologists who can find their reviews of recent advances in this field."
Internal Medicine
"Despite that various experts are authors of individual chapters, it is possible to state that the editors did their best to achieve the homogenous form of contributions. Understandably written text is accompanied with many illustrations of high quality. I recommend this book to both radiologists and cardiologists who will find the clearly arranged current review of this topic."
Czech Radiology
"Although this book is not exhaustive in its coverage, it does provide key insights into areas of greatest importance where magnetic resonance is making a significant impact in both research and more recently clinical practice. It is highly recommended for those with a special interest to read in depth and for those with a more passing interest it will certainly serve as a useful textbook on the book shelf."
CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology
..".this text offers a great deal of basic science and practical clinical information in the rapidly advancing field of hemostasis management."
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