- Master core knowledge of all imaging modalities currently being used (plain film, ultrasound, CT, and MR), and discusses potential future developments.
- Focus on the essentials needed to pass the boards and ensure accurate diagnoses in clinical practice. - Clearly visualize the findings you're likely to see in practice and on exams through updated and redrawn illustrations and color images interspersed throughout the text for easier and more intuitive access.
- Gain new insight into a full range of cardiac imaging approaches and findings with new sections on congenital heart disease, emphasizing MRI and CT diagnostic and functional analysis as well as and updated information on valvular, ischemic, pericardial, myocardial, congenital, and thoracic/aortic heart disease.
- Benefit from the expertise and fresh perspective of new lead editors, Drs. Lawrence Boxt and Suhny Abbara.
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction to Cardiac Anatomy
Chapter 2: Echocardiography
Chapter 3: Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Chapter 4: Cardiac Computed Tomography
Chapter 5: Coronary Heart Disease
Chapter 6: Myocardium, Pericardium and Cardiac Tumor
Chapter 7: Valvular Heart Disease
Chapter 8: Thoracic Aortic Disease
Chapter 9: Congenital Heart Disease