Advances in Noninvasive Cardiology

Advances in Noninvasive Cardiology
Author: J. Meyer
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 269
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9400967209

Many noninvasive examination methods of the heart have not held out against the invasive methods, which modern cardiac therapy, surgically or with catheterization, requires. They have disappeared completely or are only used by isolated groups of researchers. However, there is an obvious tendency to apply the invasive procedures as the last diagnostic possibility. In the attempt to select clinically relevant methods, the expert authors of this book demonstrate that echocardiography, expanded with contrast and Doppler, has been developed into one of the most important noninvasive methods. The results with tissue characterization show that the possibilities of this method have not yet been fully explored. Nuclear procedures are widely used, although they should only be applied in direct connection with clinical cardiology. The new lead methods of the ecg, such as ecg-mapping, show that standard electrocardiography of electrical functions is not yet fully exploited. The rapidly developing method of computer tomography is also being applied to cardiology. Since nuclear magnetic resonance requires extensive equipment con struction, its future is as yet unsure. Of course, a book like this does not intend to treat the subject of noninvasive cardiology in extensive detail. Established methods like standard electrocardio graphy, phonocardiography and sphygmography are not discussed. The aim of this book is rather to demonstrate the trend of present developments in the field. LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS Ameling, W., Rogowski-Institut fUr Elektronik, Rheinisch-Westfalische Technische Hochschule, Goethestrasse 27/29, D-5100 Aachen, FRG. Bachmann, K., Medizinische Poliklinik, Universitat Eriangen-NUrnberg, Ostliche Stadtmauerstrasse 29, D-8520 Erlangen, FRG.

Coronary Magnetic Resonance Angiography

Coronary Magnetic Resonance Angiography
Author: Andre J. Duerinckx
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 355
Release: 2002
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0387949593

In recent years, there has been increasing interest in the clinical applications of coronary angiography techniques. Coronary MRA can be instrumental in the evaluation of congenital coronary artery anomalies, however, the complexity of advanced MR pulse sequences and strategies may be overwhelming to many. Coronary MR Angiography demystifies the art of coronary MRA by providing a text in plain language with clearly illustrated imaging steps and protocols. Designed to bridge the gap between radiology and cardiology, it is written for physicians and scientists planning to incorporate this technique into their research or practice.

Current Catalog

Current Catalog
Author: National Library of Medicine (U.S.)
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1068
Release: 1982
Genre: Medicine
ISBN:

First multi-year cumulation covers six years: 1965-70.

Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance

Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance
Author: Warren J. Manning
Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences
Total Pages: 797
Release: 2018-04-26
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0323497373

- Provides state-of-the-art coverage of CMR technologies and guidelines, including basic principles, imaging techniques, ischemic heart disease, right ventricular and congenital heart disease, vascular and pericardium conditions, and functional cardiovascular disease. - Includes new chapters on non-cardiac pathology, pacemaker safety, economics of CMR, and guidelines as well as new coverage of myocarditis and its diagnosis and assessment of prognosis by cardiovascular magnetic resonance, and the use of PET/CMR imaging of the heart, especially in sarcoidosis. - Features more than 1,100 high-quality images representing today's CMR imaging. - Covers T1, T2 and ECV mapping, as well as T2* imaging in iron overload, which has been shown to save lives in patients with thalassaemia major - Discusses the cost-effectiveness of CMR. - Provides state-of-the-art coverage of CMR technologies and guidelines, including basic principles, imaging techniques, ischemic heart disease, right ventricular and congenital heart disease, vascular and pericardium conditions, and functional cardiovascular disease. - Includes new chapters on non-cardiac pathology, pacemaker safety, economics of CMR, and guidelines as well as new coverage of myocarditis and its diagnosis and assessment of prognosis by cardiovascular magnetic resonance, and the use of PET/CMR imaging of the heart, especially in sarcoidosis. - Features more than 1,100 high-quality images representing today's CMR imaging. - Covers T1, T2 and ECV mapping, as well as T2* imaging in iron overload, which has been shown to save lives in patients with thalassaemia major. - Discusses the cost-effectiveness of CMR. - Expert ConsultTM eBook version included with purchase. This enhanced eBook experience allows you to search all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices.

Sources of Medical Technology

Sources of Medical Technology
Author: Committee on Technological Innovation in Medicine
Publisher: National Academies Press
Total Pages: 255
Release: 1995-01-15
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0309587611

Evidence suggests that medical innovation is becoming increasingly dependent on interdisciplinary research and on the crossing of institutional boundaries. This volume focuses on the conditions governing the supply of new medical technologies and suggest that the boundaries between disciplines, institutions, and the private and public sectors have been redrawn and reshaped. Individual essays explore the nature, organization, and management of interdisciplinary R&D in medicine; the introduction into clinical practice of the laser, endoscopic innovations, cochlear implantation, cardiovascular imaging technologies, and synthetic insulin; the division of innovating labor in biotechnology; the government- industry-university interface; perspectives on industrial R&D management; and the growing intertwining of the public and proprietary in medical technology.

New Developments in Quantitative Coronary Arteriography

New Developments in Quantitative Coronary Arteriography
Author: Johan H. C. Reiber
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 309
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9400913095

There are few techniques that have influenced therapeutic strategies in modem cardiology to a similar extent as coronary arteriography. Bypass surgery as well as transluminal coronary angioplasty would not have been possible without coronary angiography serving as a 'midwife' in their evolu tion. Despite the widespread and long-standing use in clinical practice, however, the interpretation of coronary angiograms has not changed very much since the early days. Most angiogr~s are still reviewed in a visual and semi-quantitative and thus often very subjective way. In the face of an almost exploding field for interventional catheterization including thrombolysis, balloon dilatation, and other rapidly evolving techniques for transluminal revascularization or recanalization, a more detailed and quantitative analysis of coronary arteriograms is urgently required. In addition to the delineation of coronary morphology, we need dynamic and functional information about flow and perfusion to understand the physiological significance of anatomic abnormalities. Coronary arteriography contains and can provide most of this information. With the application of appropriate techniques, it can be made available in the catheterization laboratory even during the patient's investiga tion, thus facilitating and improving clinical decision making. Objective and reproducible analysis will furthermore enhance our understanding about the pathophysiology of coronary disease.

Advances in Clinical Cardiovascular Imaging, Echocardiography & Interventions

Advances in Clinical Cardiovascular Imaging, Echocardiography & Interventions
Author: HK Chopra
Publisher: Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers
Total Pages: 1373
Release: 2019-02-28
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 935270696X

SECTION 1: BASICS 1. Basics of Cardiac Computed Tomography 2. Basics of Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging 3. New Cardiac Cameras: Single-photon Emission Computed Tomography and Positron Emission Tomography SECTION 2: HYPERTENSION 4. Left Ventricular Hypertrophy Evaluation by Echocardiography in Hypertension 5. Left Atrial Volume Index Evaluation by Echocardiography in Hypertension 6. Advances in Diastology by Echocardiography in Hypertension 7. Advances in Left Atrial Strain Evaluation by Echocardiography in Hypertension 8. Sequential ABPM Navigation Imaging in Hypertension 9. Echocardiographic Evaluation in Hypertension: Diagnostic, Prognostic, and Therapeutic Implications 10. Beta-blocker Effect and Outcome Evaluation by Echocardiography in Hypertension 11. Statin Effect and Outcome Evaluation by Echocardiography 12. ARNIs Effect and Outcome Evaluation by Echocardiography in Hypertension 13. Left Ventricular Hypertrophy and Left Ventricular Mass Index Evaluation by 3D Echocardiography in Hypertension 14. Validation of Chlorthalidone Efficacy and Outcome by Echocardiographic Variables 15. Secondary Hypertension Evaluation: Multimodality Imaging SECTION 3: HEART FAILURE 16. Biomarkers Imaging in Heart Failure 17. Advances in Systolic Heart Failure Evaluation by Echocardiography 18. Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Ischemic Heart Failure 19. Role of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Nonischemic Cardiomyopathy 20. Echocardiography-guided b-blocker Therapy in Heart Failure 21. Diuretics Effect and Outcome Evaluation in Heart Failure by Echocardiography 22. Device Intervention in Heart Failure 23. Radionuclide Imaging of Cardiac Autonomic Innervation: MIBG 24. Cardiac Radionuclide Imaging to Assess Patients with Heart Failure SECTION 4: ST-ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION AND CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE 25. Biomarkers Imaging in ST-elevation Myocardial Infarction 26. Electrocardiography Imaging in ST-elevation Myocardial Infarction 27. Advances in Echocardiographic Navigation of STEMI Complications 28. Coronary Artery Disease and Advances in Intravascular Ultrasound Imaging 29. Vulnerable Plaque Imaging in Acute Coronary Syndrome: When to Intervene? 30. ST-elevation Myocardial Infarction and Advances in Optical Coherence Tomography 31. Role of OCT in the Subset of CAD Postpercutaneous Coronary Intervention and Postcoronary Artery Bypass Graft 32. Acute Coronary Syndrome: Bifurcation Lesion, Imaging, and Intervention Advances 33. Quantitative Assessment of Myocardial Blood Flow and Fractional Flow Reserve and their Clinical Applications 34. ACS Coronary Intervention and Imaging: Recent Advances--Optical Coherence Tomography 35. Advances in CT Coronary Angiography in Evaluation of CAD 36. TNK Effect and Outcome Evaluation in STEMI by Echocardiography 37. Prognosis and Risk Outcome by Echocardiography in AMI Patients Post-thrombolysis 38. TNK Effect and Outcome Evaluation in STEMI by Coronary Angiography 39. Thrombolytic Therapy Effect/Outcome Evaluation by Intravascular Ultrasound 40. Role of Myocardial Perfusion Imaging in Patients of Chronic Stable Angina 41. STEMI Intervention: Femoral versus Radial by Conventional Coronary Angiography 42. ARBs, ACEIs Effect and Outcome Evaluation in STEMI by Echocardiography 43. Beta Blockers Effect and Outcome Evaluation in STEMI by Echocardiography 44. Post-PCI Effect and Evaluation in STEMI by Echocardiography 45. Coronary Artery Disease Evaluation by Coronary Doppler Imaging 46. Dobutamine Stress Echocardiography in Assessment of Myocardial Viability 47. Assessment of Myocardial Viability: Advantag

Advances in Cardiovascular Technology

Advances in Cardiovascular Technology
Author: Jamshid Karimov
Publisher: Academic Press
Total Pages: 699
Release: 2022-06-05
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0128168625

Advances in Cardiovascular Technology: New Devices and Concepts is a comprehensive reference for cardiovascular devices of all types. For engineers, this book provides a basic understanding of underlying pathologies and their prevalence/incidence. It also covers what devices are available, how they are clinically used, and their impact on pathophysiology. In addition, the book presents the constraints imposed on device design and manufacture by the environment in which it is used (e.g., exposure to tissues within the body, blood in particular) and the primary requirements for each specific type of device, including its durability and resistance to fatigue. For clinicians, this book contains information on primary engineering challenges, the types of devices available, their advantages and disadvantages, and the (current and emerging) tools and materials available to device designers. - Covers innovative procedures and devices in cardiovascular technology - Gives an overview of the state-of-the-art technology and a view to the future - Features contributions from engineers, clinicians and researchers, taking an interdisciplinary view of the field

Advances & Innovations in Heart Failure (AIHF)

Advances & Innovations in Heart Failure (AIHF)
Author: HK Chopra
Publisher: Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers
Total Pages: 995
Release: 2020-02-28
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9389587891

Heart failure is a serious condition caused by the heart failing to pump enough blood around the body at the right pressure. It usually occurs because the heart muscle has become too weak or stiff to work properly, most commonly caused by heart attack, high blood pressure or cardiomyopathy (heart disease). This textbook is a comprehensive guide to the latest advances in the diagnosis and management of heart failure. Comprising nearly 1000 pages, the book features 15 sections, beginning with discussion on clinical issues of heart failure, followed by imaging techniques. Each of the following sections covers a different disorder or disease that subsequently may lead to heart failure. Topics include coronary artery disease, stroke, arrhythmia, hypertension, nutritional aspects, cardio-oncology, and much more. The book concludes with rehabilitation, legal aspects, and future directions. Authored by internationally recognised experts in the field, the text is further enhanced by clinical photographs, diagrams and tables. Key points Comprehensive guide to latest advances in diagnosis and management of heart failure Extensive text comprising nearly 1000 pages covering numerous associated disorders and diseases Internationally recognised editor and author team Highly illustrated with clinical photographs, diagrams and tables