Cardiology clinics : computed tomography imaging in 2012 / Stephan Achenbach [and forty-five others].

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword: Updaet on Cardiac CT -- Cardiac CT Imaging: Precocious Maturirty? -- Technical Advances in Cardiac CT -- Mninimizing Radiation Does for Coronary CT Angiography -- Coronary Artery Calcification and Coronary Atherosclerotic Disease -- Coronary Artery Calcium Testing: Dos and Don'ts -- Identifying and Redefining Stenois by CT Angiography -- Evaluation of Plaque Morphology for Coronary CT Angiography -- Prognostic Value of Coronary CT Angiography -- Subtraction Coronary CT Angiography for Calcified Lesions -- CT Detection of Pulmonary Embolism and Aortic Dissection -- Cardiac CT in the Emergency Department -- Myocardial Perfusion by CT Versus Hybrid Imaging -- MDCT to Guide Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement and Mitral Valve Repair

Cardiac CT obtains information about coronary arteries, great arteries and veins, and heart valves. It shows the location and extent of calcified plaque in the coronary arteries and helps detect coronary artery disease at an early stage, which neither traditional imaging techniques nor cardiac testing can do. Over the last decade technologic advances in CT angiography have been made at a rapid rate, and the new applications and refinements of existing technology continue to be made. This issue will help practicing cardiologists to keep up with the latest technology in this important and swiftly moving field.