Main description:

This book is a comprehensive guide providing cardiologists with the latest information and developments in the field of diagnostic and prognostic cardiac imaging.

Divided into two sections, the first part of the book examines cardiac imaging, and is further divided into non-invasive and invasive techniques.

The second section discusses clinical cardiology and is further divided into emerging therapies and the diagnosis and management of coronary artery disease.

The book is enhanced by nearly 150 clinical photographs, diagrams and tables to assist learning.

Key points

Comprehensive guide to latest developments in diagnostic and prognostic cardiac imaging
Section one covers non-invasive and invasive imaging techniques
Section two discusses emerging therapies in clinical cardiology and management of coronary artery disease
Highly illustrated with nearly 150 images, diagrams and tables

Contents:

SECTION 1: Cardiac Imaging

Noninvasive

Echocardiographic Evaluation of Infective Endocarditis: The Current Status
The Intricacies in Echocardiographic Evaluation of Aortic Stenosis
Echocardiography of Heart Failure: How to Use It in Routine Clinical Practice?
Speckle Tracking Echocardiography: Basics and Clinical Applications
A Gold Standard for Evaluation of Cardiomyopathies
Real World Indications for Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging: When is It Invaluable in Clinical Practice?
Cardiac MRI and Cardiac CT: Indispensable Tools for the Diagnosis of Coronary Artery Disease
Cardiac Imaging: Current Scenario and Future Directions
Clinical Decision-making with Myocardial Perfusion Imaging in Patients with Known or Suspected Coronary Artery Disease
Current Status of Rubidium-82 PET-CT Myocardial Perfusion Imaging
Innovation of New Tracers in the Era of Multimodality Cardiac Imaging
Myocardial Imaging Products' Evolution: Change for the Better
Efficacy of Combining FDG-PET Metabolic and Tc-99m-MIBI Myocardial Perfusion Study in Assessment of Myocardial Viability
Myocardial Viability Assessment: Is it Alive?
Hybrid Myocardial Imaging Techniques: Role in Functionally Relevant Coronary Disease
Role of Coronary Flow Reserve in Coronary Artery Disease
Nuclear Medicine in Assessment of Cardiac Dyssynchrony

Invasive

Is Optical Coherence Tomography Ready to Replace Intravascular Ultrasound in Percutaneous Coronary Intervention?
Association of Coronary Stenosis and Plaque Morphology with Fractional Flow Reserve and Outcomes

SECTION 2: Clinical Cardiology

Emerging Therapies

PCSK9 Inhibitors: Will they be the Next Wonder Drug after Statins?
Fighting the Devil of Stroke in Atrial Fibrillation: The New Weapons in the Armory

Coronary Artery Disease

Management of Prehospital Phase of Acute Myocardial Infarction
STEMI Care in India and the Real World: Pharmacoinvasive Approach
Bioresorbable Vascular Scaffold
Statin Intolerance
Sudden Cardiac Death: How to Predict and Prevent it?
New Gadgets Knocking at the Door: Leadless Pacemakers, Subcutaneous Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators, Wearable Defibrillators
Echocardiographic Evaluation of Left Atrial Clot and Its Utility in Clinical Practice
Clinical Applications of Nuclear Cardiology Procedures and Its Future Directions
Cardiac Positron Emission Tomography Perfusion Tracers: Current Status and Future Directions

Index