Contents:

PART TWO Cardiac Imaging Techniques

PART THREE Cardiac Interventions

PART FOUR Coronary Artery Imaging

PART FIVE Congenital Heart Disease

PART SIX Ischemic Heart Disease

PART SEVEN Valvular Heart Disease

PART EIGHT Cardiomyopathies and Other Myocardial Diseases

PART Nine Tumors and Masses

Contributors

Preface

Table of contents

PART ELEVEN Vascular Anatomy and CirculationArterial Anatomy

PART TWELVE Noninvasive Vascular Imaging Techniques

PART THIRTEEN Catheter Angiography and Interventions

PART FOURTEEN Atherosclerosis

PART FIFTEEN The Carotid Arteries

PART TEN Pericardial Disease

Front cover

Half title page

Cardiovascular Imaging

Copyright page

Dedication

PART SIXTEEN The Thoracic Vessels

PART SEVENTEEN The Abdominal Vessels

PART EIGHTEEN The Lower Extremity Vessels

PART NINETEEN The Upper Extremity Vessels

Index

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