Radiology of the Heart : Cardiac Imaging in Infants, Children, and Adults

In this unprecedented era of revolutionary developments in clinical imaging, in no area of the body are dramatic breakthroughs better exemplified than in imaging of the heart. It is difficult for this writer to be objective about this work because he has watched its development in the exceptionally capable hands of a cardiovascular radiologist and a cardiovascular internist, functioning as an ideal amalgam in its preparation. In the process, the author of this Foreword has developed an unbounded enthusiasm for the content of the work. At the outset it must be stressed that the dramatic gains in the develop­ ment of new imaging modalities and the improvements in the old [e. g. , ul­ trasonography, echocardiography, radionuclides, computerized tomography (CT), cineradiography, magnetic resonance (MR)] have changed our concepts about the anatomy of a number of organ systems. Anatomy and even physiology virtually are being rewritten. These changes apply particularly to the chest (mediastinum), biliary tract, central nervous system (brain), heart and great vessels and the hemodynamics of the cardiovascular system. The authors have demonstrated in this exhaustive treatise how far our understand­ ing of the many cardiac abnormalities has progressed, made possible by the application of the new modalities and further advances in those already estab­ lished, particularly echocardiography and radioisotope scanning. These de­ velopments have altered and added significantly to our body of information, particularly in the many complex congenital anomalies and in coronary artery disease. Front Matter....Pages i-xvii Normal Heart and Great Vessels....Pages 1-25 Introduction to Echocardiography....Pages 27-71 Cardiovascular Nuclear Medicine....Pages 73-105 Ischemic Heart Disease....Pages 107-169 Appendix....Pages 170-178 Valvular Heart Disease....Pages 179-258 Cardiomyopathies....Pages 259-288 Congenital Heart Disease....Pages 289-295 Section I....Pages 296-382 Section 2....Pages 383-460 Section 3....Pages 461-539 Section 4....Pages 540-583 Section 5....Pages 584-619 Section 6....Pages 620-638 Neoplasms of the Heart....Pages 639-649 Diseases of the Pericardium....Pages 651-670 Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Heart....Pages 671-679 Back Matter....Pages 681-700