Andrzej Moniuszko • B. Adrian Kesala 2014 A Technologist’s Review for Passing Specialty Certification Exams Nuclear Cardiology Study Guide is the third publication in the series of nuclear medicine guides written in question and answer format. All three books— Nuclear Medicine Technology , PET and PET / CT , and Nuclear Cardiology —collectively provide comprehensive knowledge and cover […]
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Luca Saba • Jo˜ao Miguel Sanches Lu´ıs Mendes Pedro • Jasjit S. Suri Editors 2014 Stroke is one of the leading causes of death in the world, resulting mostly from the sudden ruptures of atherosclerosis carotid plaques. However, until now, the exact plaque development/rupture mechanism has not been fully understood, and also the plaque rupture risk stratification. From […]
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Carlo Nicola De Cecco Marco Rengo 2014 A – Z Notes in Radiological Practice and Reporting is a new series of practical guides dedicated to residents and general radiologists. The series was born thanks to the original idea to bring to the public attention a series of notes, collected by doctors and fellows during their clinical activity and attendance […]
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Henrik S. Thomsen • Judith A. W. Webb Editors 2014 Safety Issues and ESUR Guidelines Within 30 months of the release of both the first and second editions of Contrast Media: Safety Issues and ESUR Guidelines, the book had sold out, even though more copies were printed than is usual for a radiology book, and at a […]
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Marc Dewey 2014 Second Edition Computed tomography (CT) has been going through a dramatic evolution of technology in the past years. Cardiac CT has become reliably possible and benefits to a large extent from the continuous development. The technical advances directly translate into improved image quality, lower radiation exposure, and more versatile applications. CT angiography of the coronary arteries – often referred […]
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Farhood Saremi Editor 2014 Different classifications for congenital heart diseases (CHD) have been introduced.These classifications have been mainly based on data obtained from cadaveric and surgical specimens and are designed to simplify the understanding of complexity of this group of abnormalities. However, until recently no single imaging modality has been capable of demonstrating the full spectrum of abnormalities in […]
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Francesco Fulvio Faletra • Gila Perk Natesa G. Pandian • Hans-Joachim Nesser Itzhak Kronzon 2014 Advances in technology and human skill have made possible percutaneous catheter-based procedures for a wide spectrum of structural heart disease. Today, so-called interventional cardiology has gained full acceptance in the cardiac community. A growing number of structural heart diseases that would have required […]
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Gratian Dragoslav Miclaus • Horia Ples 2014 Normal and Pathologic Findings Permanent research in the field of medical radio-imaging concerning the noninvasive exploration of the circulatory system has led to the appearance and increasing use of the CT multislice for diagnostic purposes. The acquisition by Neuromed Timisoara of the first computed tomography 64 multislice has placed Romania among the […]
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Pierre C. Wong • Wanda C. Miller-Hance Editors 2014 The inspiration for this book arose from several important observations. First , we have noted many specialists (both in pediatric and adult medicine) who feel uncomfortable with or incapable of performing a systematic transesophageal echocardiographic (TEE) examination in a patient with congenital heart disease (CHD), or interpreting such a […]
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Craig A. Thompson Editor 2014 We currently live in an extraordinary time in the management of cardiovascular diseases. Catheter-based interventions have evolved to address a variety of needs through innovation and clinical evidence. Interventional cardiovascular medicine continues to be likely the most rapidly evolving and best-studied field in all of the medical and surgical disciplines. Less than four decades […]
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