Calcium Scoring
Parameters Conditions Prospective data acquisition At 80 % of R-R interval Tube voltage 130 kVp Tube current (630 mA) Slice thickness (3 mm) Acquisition time (100 ms) Contrast enhancement None…
Pericardial Disease
Fig. 20.1 Chest radiographs and CT of a patient with partial pericardial defect. (a) Chest PA view. The heart is displaced into the left chest; the right border of the…
Atherosclerotic Coronary Artery Disease
Fig. 5.1 Schematic diagram of SCCT coronary segmentation. RCA right coronary artery, R-PDA right posterior descending artery, L-PDA left posterior descending artery, L-PLB left posterolateral branch, R-PLB right posterolateral branch,…
Dilated Cardiomyopathy
Ischemia Medications Rheumatologic disease Infection Chemotherapeutic agents Systemic lupus, scleroderma Virus Antiretroviral drugs Endocrinologic disorders Bacteria Phenothiazines, chloroquine Pheochromocytoma, diabetes mellitus Fungus Electrolyte abnormalities Miscellaneous Parasite Hypocalcemia, uremia Radiation Rickettsia…
Chronic Ischemic Heart Disease
Fig. 12.1 MRI of a patient with myocardial thinning on cine and fibrosis on delayed gadolinium-enhanced imaging (DE-MRI) following MI. (a) Cine MRI with 4-chamber view shows myocardial thinning in…
A T-Wave Tight Spot
Fig. 18.1 Broad-complex tachycardia at presentation to the local emergency department The doctors in the Emergency Department identified a ‘broad-complex tachycardia’. Perhaps in view of the patient’s age and the…
Cardiomyopathy in Infants: Look at the Rhythm, Then Look Again
Fig. 23.1 Chest x-ray at presentation showing enlarged heart and pulmonary oedema Fig. 23.2 ECG at presentation with inferior and lateral P wave inversion. The heart rate was 163/min Fig….
Don’t Forget the Head and Neck Vessels
Fig. 19.1 (a) 2D echocardiogram and colour Doppler imaging of a high parasternal short-axis view with colour Doppler showing the aortopulmonary window (*) between the ascending aorta (Ao) and main…
The Collapsing Teenager
Fig. 16.1 Admission ECG demonstrating widespread ST segment changes Echocardiogram demonstrated mild left ventricular hypertrophy (interventricular septum in diastole 1.7 cm, posterior wall 1.2 cm). Inspection of his coronary arteries…
The Fontan Circulation: Never Forget the Atrial Septum
Fig. 13.1 Transeosophageal echocardiographic still frame shows evidence of small atrial communication on 2D and turbulent flow on colour mapping Fig. 13.2 Haemodynamic pressure tracing shows a reproducible pressure gradient…
