Advances in Clinical Cardiovascular Imaging, Echocardiography & Interventions: A Textbook of Cardiology

SECTION 1:: BASICS
1. Basics of Cardiac Computed Tomography
2. Basics of Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging
3. New Cardiac Cameras:: Single-photon Emission Computed Tomography and
Positron Emission Tomography
SECTION 2:: HYPERTENSION
4. Left Ventricular Hypertrophy Evaluation by Echocardiography in Hypertension
5. Left Atrial Volume Index Evaluation by Echocardiography in Hypertension
6. Advances in Diastology by Echocardiography in Hypertension
7. Advances in Left Atrial Strain Evaluation by Echocardiography in Hypertension
8. Sequential ABPM Navigation Imaging in Hypertension
9. Echocardiographic Evaluation in Hypertension:: Diagnostic, Prognostic, and
Therapeutic Implications
10. Beta-blocker Effect and Outcome Evaluation by Echocardiography in Hypertension
11. Statin Effect and Outcome Evaluation by Echocardiography
12. ARNIs Effect and Outcome Evaluation by Echocardiography in Hypertension
13. Left Ventricular Hypertrophy and Left Ventricular Mass Index
Evaluation by 3D Echocardiography in Hypertension
14. Validation of Chlorthalidone Efficacy and Outcome by Echocardiographic Variables
15. Secondary Hypertension Evaluation:: Multimodality Imaging
SECTION 3:: HEART FAILURE
16. Biomarkers Imaging in Heart Failure
17. Advances in Systolic Heart Failure Evaluation by Echocardiography
18. Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Ischemic Heart Failure
19. Role of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Nonischemic Cardiomyopathy
20. Echocardiography-guided b-blocker Therapy in Heart Failure
21. Diuretics Effect and Outcome Evaluation in Heart Failure by Echocardiography
22. Device Intervention in Heart Failure
23. Radionuclide Imaging of Cardiac Autonomic Innervation:: MIBG
24. Cardiac Radionuclide Imaging to Assess Patients with Heart Failure
SECTION 4:: ST-ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION AND CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE
25. Biomarkers Imaging in ST-elevation Myocardial Infarction
26. Electrocardiography Imaging in ST-elevation Myocardial Infarction
27. Advances in Echocardiographic Navigation of STEMI Complications
28. Coronary Artery Disease and Advances in Intravascular Ultrasound Imaging
29. Vulnerable Plaque Imaging in Acute Coronary Syndrome:: When to Intervene?
30. ST-elevation Myocardial Infarction and Advances in Optical Coherence Tomography
31. Role of OCT in the Subset of CAD Postpercutaneous Coronary Intervention and
Postcoronary Artery Bypass Graft
32. Acute Coronary Syndrome:: Bifurcation Lesion, Imaging, and Intervention Advances
33. Quantitative Assessment of Myocardial Blood Flow and Fractional
Flow Reserve and their Clinical Applications
34. ACS Coronary Intervention and Imaging:: Recent Advances-Optical Coherence Tomography
35. Advances in CT Coronary Angiography in Evaluation of CAD
36. TNK Effect and Outcome Evaluation in STEMI by Echocardiography
37. Prognosis and Risk Outcome by Echocardiography in AMI Patients Post-thrombolysis
38. TNK Effect and Outcome Evaluation in STEMI by Coronary Angiography
39. Thrombolytic Therapy Effect/Outcome Evaluation by Intravascular Ultrasound
40. Role of Myocardial Perfusion Imaging in Patients of Chronic Stable Angina
41. STEMI Intervention:: Femoral versus Radial by Conventional Coronary Angiography
42. ARBs, ACEIs Effect and Outcome Evaluation in STEMI by Echocardiography
43. Beta Blockers Effect and Outcome Evaluation in STEMI by Echocardiography
44. Post-PCI Effect and Evaluation in STEMI by Echocardiography
45. Coronary Artery Disease Evaluation by Coronary Doppler Imaging
46. Dobutamine Stress Echocardiography in Assessment of Myocardial Viability
47. Assessment of Myocardial Viability:: Advantages and Pitfalls of Various Modalities
48. Small Vessel Coronary Artery Disease
SECTION 5:: ADVANCES IN ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY:: CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS
49. Three-dimensional Echocardiography:: Diagnostic, Prognostic, and Therapeutic Implications
50. TEE:: Overview, Diagnostic, Prognostic and Therapeutic Implications
SECTION 6:: EMERGENCY IMAGING IN CHEST PAIN
51. Emergency Imaging in Chest Pain:: Echocardiographic Evaluation
52. Chest Pain:: Emergency Echocardiographic Evaluation
53. Imaging in Chest Pain:: Computed Tomography Coronary Angiography Evaluation
54. Radionuclide Imaging in Patients with Acute Chest Pain
55. Cardiovascular Imaging in Emergency Department in Patients of Chest Pain
SECTION 7:: VALVULAR HEART DISEASE
56. Advances in Echocardiographic Evaluation of Mitral Stenosis
57. Echocardiographic Advances in the Diagnosis of Mitral Regurgitation
58. Echocardiography in Aortic Stenosis
59. Advances in Echocardiographic Evaluation of Aortic Regurgitation
60. Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Imaging Evaluation:: Status 2018
61. Transcatheter Mitral Valve Interventions Imaging Evaluation:: Potentials and Tips
62. Three-dimensional/Four-dimensional Echocardiography:: Recent Advances in the Evaluation of Mitral Valve
63. Mitral Clipping Evaluation by Echocardiography
64. Evaluation of Tricuspid Valve Regurgitation and Stenosis:: Advances in Echocardiography
65. Advances in Echocardiographic Assessment of Pulmonary Regurgitation and Stenosis
66. Echocardiographic Evaluation of the Prosthetic Valve
67. Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Valvular Heart Disease
SECTION 8:: RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE
68. Recent Advances in Echocardiographic Navigation in Acute Rheumatic Fever Evaluation
69. Balloon Valvotomy in Rheumatic Mitral Stenosis:: Echocardiographic Evaluation
SECTION 9:: ATRIAL FIBRILLATION
70. Echocardiographic Navigation in Atrial Fibrillation-From Irregular Pulse to Slurring of Speech
71. Echocardiographic Evaluation of LV Diastolic Dysfunction and Drugs that Modify Diastolic Dysfunction
72. Role of Echocardiography in Atrial Fibrillation
73. Advances in Echocardiographic Evaluation of Left Atrial Appendage
74. Advances in Echocardiographic Evaluation of Left Atrial Strain in Atrial Fibrillation
75. Non-Vitamin-K Oral Anticoagulant Effect and Outcome Evaluation in Echocardiography
76. Electrophysiology Mapping in Atrial Fibrillation
77. Echocardiographic Navigation for Radiofrequency Ablation
SECTION 10:: VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA STORM
78. Echocardiographic Imaging in Ventricular Tachycardia Storm
79. Cryoballoon Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation
SECTION 11:: DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY
80. Advances in Echocardiographic Navigation in Dilated Cardiomyopathy
81. ICD/CRT Evaluation in DCMP by Echocardiography
82. Echo-guided Dyssynchrony Evaluation in Dilated Cardiomyopathy
83. Myocardial Perfusion Single-photon Emission Computed Tomography in
Assessment of Left Ventricular Dyssynchrony
84. Left and Right Ventricular and Atrial Strain Evaluation by
Two-dimensional Speckle Tracking Echocardiography
85. Echo-guided PPI Evaluation in Dilated Cardiomyopathy by Echocardiography
SECTION 12:: HYPERTROPHIC OBSTRUCTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY
86. Advances in Echocardiographic Navigation in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
87. Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator for Sudden Death Prevention in
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
SECTION 13:: RESTRICTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY
88. Advances in Echocardiographic Navigation in Restrictive Cardiomyopathies
89. Restrictive Cardiomyopathies
SECTION 14:: PERICARDIAL EFFUSION
90. Advances in Echocardiographic Navigation in Pericardial Effusion
91. Echocardiographic Advances in Evaluation of Cardiac Tamponade
92. Multimodality Imaging of Pericardium
SECTION 15:: CONSTRICTIVE PERICARDITIS
93. Advances in Echocardiographic Evaluation of Constrictive Pericarditis
94. Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Pericardial Diseases
SECTION 16:: INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS
95. Advances in Echocardiographic Navigation of Infective Endocarditis
SECTION 17:: PULMONARY EMBOLISM AND DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS
96. Echocardiographic Navigation in Pulmonary Embolism and Deep Vein Thrombosis
97. Computed Tomography Angiographic Evaluation in Pulmonary Embolism and
Deep Vein Thrombosis
SECTION 18:: PULMONARY HYPERTENSION
98. Advances in Echocardiographic Navigation in Pulmonary Hypertension
SECTION 19:: AORTIC DISEASE
99. Echocardiographic Evaluation in Aortic Disease
100. CT and MR Angiographic Evaluation of Aortic Diseases
SECTION 20:: CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE
101. Ultrasound Evaluation of the Carotid Artery for Stenosis
SECTION 21:: VERTEBRAL ARTERY DISEASE
102. Color Doppler Evaluation of Vertebral Artery Disease
SECTION 22:: PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL AND VENOUS DISEASE
103. Color Doppler Echocardiographic Evaluation of Peripheral Arterial,
Venous, and Carotid Artery Disease
104. CT and MR Angiography Evaluation of Peripheral Arterial and Venous Disease
105. Conventional Angio Evaluation of Peripheral Arterial Disease
106. Advanced Image-guided Peripheral Vascular Interventions
107. Color Doppler Evaluation of Erectile Dysfunction
SECTION 23:: SYNCOPE
108. Electrocardiography in Syncope:: Diagnostic, Prognostic, and Therapeutic Implications
109. Cardiac Color Doppler Echo Evaluation in Syncope
SECTION 24:: STROKE
110. Atrial Fibrillation and Stroke
111. Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Stroke
112. Recent Advances in Neurointervention
SECTION 25:: CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE
113. Advances in Echocardiographic Evaluation and Intervention of Cyanotic Congenital Heart Disease
114. Echocardiographic Evaluation in Neonatal Heart Failure
115. Advanced Echo Imaging in Cardiomyopathies in Children
116. Cross-sectional Imaging in Congenital Heart Disease
117. Role of Cardiac MRI in Evaluation of Congenital Heart Disease
SECTION 26:: ECHO IN EXTRACORPOREAL MEMBRANE OXYGENATION
118. Echo in Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in Critical Care
SECTION 27:: SHOCK
119. Echocardiographic Evaluation of Shock in Intensive Care Unit
SECTION 28:: EPIDEMIOLOGICAL
120. Imaging as Tool for Risk Prediction in Cardiovascular Epidemiology
121. Reducing Cardiovascular Risk in Diabetes from Tsunami Warning to Zebra Line
122. Metabolic Syndrome and C-Reactive Protein
123. Biomarker B-type Natriuretic Peptide Imaging in Heart Failure
124. Neuroimaging in Meditation
125. Multimodality Imaging and Telemedicine in Cardiology
126. Echocardiography in Noncardiac Surgery
SECTION 29:: METABOLIC:: NUTRITIONAL IMAGING
127. Lipid Evaluation:: Diagnostic, Prognostic, and Clinical Therapeutic Implications
128. Coenzyme Q10 Imaging and Coronary Artery Disease
129. Myocardial Molecular Imaging of Fatty Acid Metabolism Using BMIPP
130. Homocysteine Imaging and Coronary Artery Disease
SECTION 30:: CARDIAC SPACE-OCCUPYING LESION
131. Cardiac Tumors
132. Cardiac Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Evaluation of Cardiac Masses
SECTION 31:: INTRAOPERATIVE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY IN OPERATION THEATER
133. Intraoperative Transesophageal Echocardiography
134. Echocardiographic Imaging in Operation Theater
SECTION 32:: SURGERY AND IMAGING
135. Imaging in Heart Transplant
136. Intraoperative Graft Imaging
SECTION 33:: ECHO ONCOLOGY
137. Echocardiographic Navigation Cardio-oncology
SECTION 34:: ETHICAL AND LEGAL ISSUES
138. Ethical and Legal Issues in Cardiovascular Imaging
SECTION 35:: FUTURE DIRECTIONS
139. Imaging to Plan Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement
140. Recent Advances in Strain Echocardiographic Analysis of Coronary Artery Disease
141. Newer Advances in Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance
Imaging in Cardiac Imaging
142. Current Concepts of Radiotracer Technology and its Future Directions
Index
VIDEO LEGENDS
Video 1:: A large myxoma in left atrium.
Video 2:: A myxoma in left atrium; smaller compared to Video 1, but producing mitral inflow obstruction.
Video 3:: Parasternal long axis view of myxoma attached to anterior mitral leaflet and prolapsing to left ventricular outflow tract.
Video 4:: Parasternal short axis view of myxoma shown in Video 3.
Video 5:: Myxoma in right atrium producing tricuspid inlet obstruction.
Video 6:: A sweep of four-chamber view showing multiple rhabdomyomas in the ventricular septum, apex, and lateral wall of ventricle.
Video 7:: Myxosarcoma in left atrium prolapsing into left ventricle. Note the bulky, mobile, heterogeneous mass with the areas of echolucency suggestive of necrosis.
Video 8:: Lymphoma in right ventricular outflow tract, producing turbulence in outflow tract.
Video 9:: Thickening in free wall and septum due to secondaries from an unknown site.
Video 10:: A small thrombus in the left atrial appendage.