Imaging Coronary Arteries

1. Clinical Anatomy of the Coronary Circulation
Massimo Fioranelli, Carlo Gonnella, Stefano Tonioni, Fabrizio D’Errico, Mariantonietta Carbone

2. Basic Techniques in the Acquisition of Cardiac Images with CT
Paolo Pavone

3. CT Examination of the Coronary Arteries
Paolo Pavone

4. Image Reconstruction
Paolo Pavone

5. Coronary Pathophysiology
Mara Piccoli, Serafino Orazi, Giovanna Giubilato, Massimo Fioranelli

6. Clinical Classification of Coronary Artery Disease: Who Should Be Treated?
Damien Casagrande, Jean-Jacques Goy, Mario Togni, Jean Christophe Stauffer, Stéphane Cook

7. Intravascular Ultrasound: From Gray-Scale to Virtual Histology
Giuseppe M. Sangiorgi, Luigi Politi, Chiara Leuzzi, Luigi Mattioli, Fabiana Rollini, Massimo Fioranelli

8. Identification and Characterization of the Atherosclerotic Plaque Using Coronary CT Angiography
Paolo Pavone, David A. Dowe, Roberto Leo

9. Coronary CT Angiography: Evaluation of Stenosis and Occlusion
Paolo Pavone, Roberto Leo

10. Current Strategies in Cardiac Surgery
Andrea Montalto, Francesco Musumeci

11. Coronary CT Angiography: Evaluation of Coronary Artery Bypass Grafts
Carlo Nicola Cecco, Gorka Bastarrika, Marco Rengo

12. Coronary Stents
Enrica Mariano, Giuseppe M. Sangiorgi, Massimo Fioranelli

13. CT Angiography of Coronary Stents
Gorka Bastarrika, Carlo Nicola Cecco, U. Joseph Schoepf

14. X-Ray Exposure in Coronary CT Angiography
Paolo Pavone, Roberto Leo

15. Optical Coherence Tomography in the Cathlab
Francesco Prati, Luca Vito

16. Triple Rule Out: the Use of Cardiac CT in the Emergency Room
Giulio Speciale, Vincenzo Pasceri

17. Contraindications to Coronary CT Angiography
David A. Dowe

18. Prognostic Value of Coronary CT
Bruno Pironi, Antonio Lucifero, Massimo Fioranelli

19. Clinical Cases
David A. Dowe, Paolo Pavone, Massimo Fioranelli

Nyckelord: Medicine & Public Health, Imaging / Radiology, Diagnostic Radiology, Cardiology, Internal Medicine, Primary Care Medicine, Cardiac Surgery