Myocardial Diseases
Myocardial Diseases Charles B. Higgins Karen Ordovas Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is highly effective for the morphologic and functional evaluation of myocardial diseases. It is used much less frequently than…
Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Ischemic Heart Disease
Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Ischemic Heart Disease Charles B. Higgins Karen Ordovas Stefano Muzzarelli The evaluation of ischemic heart disease (IHD) by noninvasive imaging techniques has usually involved nuclear imaging…
Pericardial Diseases
Pericardial Diseases Charles B. Higgins Karen Ordovas Pericardial disease may be primary and involve the pericardium alone. It is also frequently a manifestation of a wide variety of systemic diseases…
Valvular Heart Disease
Valvular Heart Disease Charles B. Higgins Karen Ordovas The goals of imaging in valvular heart disease are as follows: Identification of stenosis or insufficiency of one or more valves. Estimation…
Multislice CT and MRI of the Thoracic Aorta
Multislice CT and MRI of the Thoracic Aorta Gautham P. Reddy Martin Gunn Lee M. Mitsumori Michael B. Gotway Charles B. Higgins INTRODUCTION The aorta can be imaged with a…
Airway Disease: Bronchiectasis, Chronic Bronchitis, and Bronchiolitis
Airway Disease: Bronchiectasis, Chronic Bronchitis, and Bronchiolitis W. Richard Webb AIRWAY MORPHOLOGY Airways divide by dichotomous branching. There are approximately 23 divisions from the trachea to the alveoli. Bronchi are…
Pulmonary Hypertension
Pulmonary Hypertension Michael B. Gotway ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF THE PULMONARY CIRCULATION The pulmonary circulation consists of two parallel networks: the pulmonary arterial circulation and the bronchial arterial circulation. Pulmonary…
Emphysema and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Emphysema and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease W. Richard Webb EMPHYSEMA As defined by the American Thoracic Society, emphysema is “a condition of the lung characterized by permanent, abnormal enlargement of…
Diffuse Cystic Lung Diseases
Diffuse Cystic Lung Diseases W. Richard Webb Acyst is a thin-walled, well-defined, air-containing lung lesion 1 cm or more in diameter. Cysts may be seen in patients with emphysema (i.e.,…
Allergic Lung Diseases: Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis and Eosinophilic Lung Disease
Allergic Lung Diseases: Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis and Eosinophilic Lung Disease W. Richard Webb HYPERSENSITIVITY PNEUMONITIS Hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP), also known as extrinsic allergic alveolitis, is an allergic lung disease caused by…
