Pulmonary Hypertension
Ashish Aneja, MD OVERVIEW OF THE ROLE OF CARDIAC MRI IN PULMONARY HYPERTENSION Pulmonary Hypertension (PH) is defined by a mean pulmonary arterial pressure (mPAP) over 25 mm Hg at…
CARDIOVASCULAR IMAGING
Ischemic Myocardial Disease
Subha V. Raman, MD, MSEE, FACC, FAHA INTRODUCTION Ischemic heart disease (IHD) requires precise assessment of the myocardium—the presence and extent of irreversibly injured, ischemic and nonischemic/noninjured muscle are essential…
Cardiac Masses
John D. Grizzard, MDNavneet Narula, MDJonathan W. Weinsaft, MD CARDIAC NEOPLASMS PATIENT HISTORY A 45-year-old woman presents for evaluation in the context of progressive dyspnea. Prior medical evaluation is significant…
The Fundamentals of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance
Georgeta Mihai, PhD This chapter is intended to give the reader a basic introduction to the physical principles of cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR). The essential physics of signal generation and…
Acquired NoNischemic myocArdiAl diseAse
FIGURE 5-1 Electrocardiography showed sinus rhythm, low voltage, and left-axis deviation. Based on his presenting symptoms he underwent a TTE, with the notation of poor image quality but grossly normal…
Basics of Coronary and Cardiovascular
Rine Nakanishi, MD, PhDTroy Labounty, MD INTRODUCTION Rapid improvements in cardiac computed tomography (CT) technologies have resulted in the ability to acquire high-quality images of the moving heart and coronary…
Heart Disease: Incidence, Risk Factors, and Prevention
INCIDENCE, RISK FACTORS,AND PREVENTION 1 INCIDENCE OF CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE Congenital heart disease (CHD) is the most common severe congenital abnormality (1). Half of the cases of…
Echocardiography in Early Gestation
IN EARLY GESTATION INTRODUCTION The prenatal diagnosis of cardiac malformations has been traditionally limited to the mid-second and third trimesters of pregnancy. The first description of a…
Cardiac Chambers
5 THE RIGHT ATRIUM The right atrium is located anteriorly and to the right of the left atrium. The posterior portion of the right atrium (sinus…
