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Springer Coronary Artery Diseases Diagnostic and Therapeutic Imaging Approaches 1st Editon 2011 Softbound by M. Amiel, A. Maseri, H. Petitier, N. Vasile
2 Diagnostic Use of Radiographic Methods in Coronary Disease. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 3 Material. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 4 Mode of Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 5 Radiological Projections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 6 Monitoring of Cardiac Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 7 Pharmacological Tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 7. 1 Coronary Arteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 7. 2 Left Ventricle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 8 Accidents and Risks of Coronary Arteriography . . . . . 67 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 III Angiographic Explorations: Normal Results . . . 71 1 Left Ventricle and Left Ventricular Function 71 1. 1 Radiological Anatomy. . . . . . . . . . . . 71 1. 2 Normal Kinetics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 1. 3 Analysis of Wall Contraction . . . . . . 78 1. 4 Volumes and Function Indexes. . . . . . . 81 2 Coronary Arteries and Veins . . . . . . . . 84 2. 1 Origin, Calibre and Preponderance of the Coronary Arteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 2. 2 Nomenclature and Segmentation of the Coronary Arteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 2. 3 A Reminder About the Physiology of Coronary Circulation . . . . . . . . . . . 93 2. 4 Angiographic Anatomy . . . . . . . . . . 94 2. 4. 1 Left Coronary Artery . . . . . . . . . . . 94 2. 4. 2 Right Coronary Artery. . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 2. 4. 3 Vascularization of Nodes and the Conduction System . . 96 2. 4. 4 Interconnecting Anastomoses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 2. 5 Coronary Veins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 IV Angiographic Explorations: Congenital Anomalies of the Coronary Arteries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 1 Anomalies of the Origin, Course and Distribution of Coronary Arteries Arising from the Aorta . . . . . . . . 100 2 Abnormal Origin of a Coronary Artery from the Pulmonary Artery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 3 Anomalies in the Diameter of Coronary Arteries . . . . . 104 4 Coronary Fistulae . . . . . . . . . . . 109 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 VII V Angiographic Explorations: Coronary Atheroma. . . . . . . . 114 1 Left Ventricle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 1. 1 Morphological Anomalies: Bulging and Lacuna-Like Aspects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I Nuclear Medicine Investigations.- I Radio-Nuclide Explorations: Diagnostic Use of Radioisotopes in Coronary Disease.- II Radio-Nuclide Explorations: Short-Lived Radio-Nuclides: Present and Future Applications to the Study of Perfusion and Metabolism in the Heart.- III Radio-Nuclide Explorations: Thallium-201 for Myocardial Perfusion Imaging.- IV Radio-Nuclide Explorations: Pyrophosphate Myocardial Imaging.- V Radio-Nuclide Explorations: Ventricular Function Studies.- II X-Ray and Ultrasound Investigations.- I Conventional Radiology.- II Angiographic Explorations: Techniques.- III Angiographic Explorations: Normal Results.- IV Angiographic Explorations: Congenital Anomalies of the Coronary Arteries.- V Angiographic Explorations: Coronary Atheroma.- VI Angiographic Explorations: Critical Appraisal of Coronary Arteriography.- VII Angiographic Explorations: Natural History of Coronary Atheroma and Clinico-Angiographic Correlations.- VIII Angiographic Explorations: Surgical Problems.- IX Angiographic Explorations: Coronary Arterial Involvement in Various Diseases.- X Contribution of Other Examination Techniques.- XI Therapeutic or Interventional Coronary Radiology.- Recommended General Reference Books.