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Imaging and Intervention in Cardiology

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  • © 1996

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Editors:
  1. Christoph A. Nienaber

    1. Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

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  2. Udo Sechtem

    1. Klinik III für Innere Medizin, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany

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Part of the book series: Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine (DICM, volume 173)

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Table of contents (31 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
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  3. Coronary revascularization: Assessment before intervention

    1. Imaging to justify no intervention

      • Christoph A. Nienaber, Gunnar K. Lund
      Pages 75-92

    2. Interpretation of coronary angiograms prior to PTCA: Pitfalls and problems

      • Rüdiger Simon
      Pages 93-102

    3. Diagnostic accuracy of stress-echocardiography for the detection of significant coronary artery disease

      • Dr Frank M. Baer, Hans J. Deutsch
      Pages 105-116

    4. Perfusion imaging with thallium-201 to assess stenosis significance

      • Edna H. G. Venneker, Berthe L. F. Van Eck-Smit, Ernst E. Van Der Wall
      Pages 121-134

    5. Perfusion imaging by PET to assess stenosis significance

      • Gunnar K. Lund, Christoph A. Nienaber
      Pages 135-147

    6. Contrast enhanced magnetic resonance imaging for assessing myocardial perfusion and reperfusion injury

      • Leonard M. Numerow, Michael F. Wendland, Maythem Saeed, Charles B. Higgins
      Pages 149-164

    7. Non-invasive visualization of the coronary arteries using magnetic resonance imaging — is it good enough to guide interventions?

      • Warren J. Manning, Robert R. Edelman
      Pages 167-190

    8. MRI as a substitute for scintigraphic techniques in the assessment of inducible ischaemia

      • Dudley J. Pennell
      Pages 191-209

    9. Assessment of viability by MR-techniques

      • Udo Sechtem, Frank M. Baer, Eberhard Voth, Peter Theissen, Christian Schneider, Harald Schicha
      Pages 211-236

    10. Assessment of viability in severely hypokinetic myocardium before revascularization and prediction of functional recovery: Contribution of thallium-201 imaging

      • Jacques A. Melin, Jean-Louis Vanoverschelde, Bernhard Gerber, William Wijns
      Pages 237-248

    11. Assessment of myocardial viability before revascularization: Can sestamibi accurately predict functional recovery?

      • Jan H. Cornel, Ambroos E. M. Reijs, Joyce Postma-Tjoa, Paolo M. Fioretti
      Pages 249-258

    12. Assessment of viability in noncontractile myocardium before revascularization and prediction of functional recovery by PET

      • Christoph A. Nienaber
      Pages 259-275

    13. Assessment of viability in severely hypokinetic myocardium before revascularization and prediction of functional recovery: The role of echocardiography

      • Luc A. Pierard
      Pages 279-292

    14. Assessment of functional significance of the stenotic substrate by Doppler flow measurements

      • Christian Seiler
      Pages 295-310
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  • Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

    Christoph A. Nienaber

  • Klinik III für Innere Medizin, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany

    Udo Sechtem

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