Vascular CT Angiography Manual, 2011

Despite the exponential growth in the use of peripheral CTA in the diagnosis and follow-up of vascular disease patients, practical sources from which to gain valuable expertise in this field remain scarce. There is becoming a great need for experts in the field of peripheral CTA, yet learning this imaging modality may be intimidating and time consuming. Very few if any, small, concise and portable books exist to ease training in this field and current books in this field are overwhelming, difficult to manage, text books that often combine CTA and MRI. A so called " how to manual" and reference guide to explain this technique from beginning to end, which compiles valuable, and difficult to obtain clinical pearls and descriptions of disease processes will be of tremendous value. The Peripheral CT Angiography Manual aims to make learning this intimidating technique and the diseases for which it applies simple and fun.

Section I: The Basics of Vascular Computed Tomographic Angiography: General Overview of Computed Tomographic Angiography.-Section II: Peripheral Vascular CTA: Indications for Peripheral CTA.-Accuracy of Peripheral CTA.-Peripheral CTA of the Carotids.-Peripheral CTA of the Aorta.-Peripheral CTA of the Mesenteric Vessels and Renal Arteries.-Peripheral CTA of the Upper and Lower Extremeties.

Dr. Pelberg is a board certified cardiologist specializing in cardiovascular imaging. He is level III certified by the Society for Cardiothoracic Computed Tomography (SCCT) and is a fellow of the American College of Cardiology, the American Heart Association and the American Society of Echocardiography. He has authored the Cardiac CT Angiography Manual, (Springer, 2007). Dr. Pelberg directs the cardiovascular CTA laboratory at the Middletown Regional Hospital in Middletown, Ohio. In addition, Dr. Pelberg co-directs, with Drs. Mazur and Clarke, The Christ Hospital Cardiovascular CTA Training Program, which trains physicians from throughout the United States in Cardiovascular CTA. Dr. Mazur is a board certified cardiologist also specializing in cardiovascular imaging including MRI. He is also a fellow of the American College of Cardiology and is level III certified by the SCCT in cardiac CTA. Along with Dr. Clarke, Dr. Mazur directs the cardiovascular CTA laboratory at The Christ Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio. Dr. Mazur is also co-director of Advanced Cardiac Imaging at The Christ Hospital and holds the rank of Associate Professor at the University of Cincinnati. He is co-director of The Christ Hospital Cardiovascular CTA Training Program. Dr. Mazur co-authored the Cardiac CT Angiography Manual.

Book covers very pertinent and timely subject Rapidly increasing educational market in this field Complex subject conveyed in simplified, concise and portable format Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras