Advanced Imaging in Coronary Artery Disease: PET, SPECT, MRI, IVUS, EBCT (Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine, 202)

In __Advanced Imaging in Coronary Artery Disease__, the role of several imaging techniques in diagnosing atherosclerosis, assessment of myocardial ischemia, myocardial viability, and heart failure are broadly discussed. The issues derived from cardiac PET are presented in relation to the conventional techniques, such as echocardiography, SPECT and MRI. In addition, newer imaging techniques such as intracoronary ultrasound, electron beam computed tomography, and Raman spectroscopy are given wide attention. The effects of drug treatment, such as anti-ischemic and lipid-lowering drugs, are also evaluated. This book will assist clinical cardiologists, nuclear medicine physicians, fellows in cardiology and nuclear medicine, radiochemists, basic research fellows, and technicians, in understanding the new advances in clinical cardiac PET. Front Matter....Pages i-xxx Stable and Unstable Atherosclerotic Plaques: Plaque Biology in Relation to Acute Events....Pages 1-14 Atherosclerosis Viewed from the Inside....Pages 15-27 Raman Spectroscopy of Atherosclerosis: Towards Real-Time in vivo Histochemistry and Pathology....Pages 29-53 Coronary Vascular Function in Stable and Unstable Angina....Pages 55-66 The Role of Imaging Techniques in the Diagnosis of Atherosclerosis....Pages 67-99 The Coronary Microcirculation and Myocardial Ischemia....Pages 101-107 Myocardial Ischemia and Cholesterol Lowering Therapy....Pages 109-120 Myocardial Ischemia and Pain....Pages 121-136 Functional Neuroimaging of Angina Pectoris....Pages 137-161 Clinical Relevance of Myocardial Viability....Pages 163-183 Pathophysiology of Acute or Short-Term Hibernation....Pages 185-198 Myocardial Hibernation: Blood Flow and Metabolism....Pages 199-214 Imaging Techniques in Determining Myocardial Viability and Hibernation....Pages 215-235 Improvement of LV Function by a PET based Revascularization Strategy: A Prospective Randomized Comparison with SPECT....Pages 237-247 FDG SPECT to Assess Myocardial Viability....Pages 249-260 Myocardial Ischemia in Heart Failure: Value of Positron Emission Tomography....Pages 261-271 Study of Cardiac Function with PET or SPECT....Pages 273-287 Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Cardiac Function and Flow: Present and Future....Pages 289-306 Development of Ligands for Receptor Imaging....Pages 307-319 Surgical Treatment of Heart Failure....Pages 321-333 Back Matter....Pages 335-354 An error occurred, but we're fixing it now! Please try again in 1 hour. If the issue persists, report this error code e01497 to us support@z-lib.se