Atlas of Acquired Cardiovascular Disease Imaging in Children

Randy R. Richardson, MD, St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Creighton School of Medicine, Phoenix, AZ, USA

Imaging Modalities: Advantages and Disadvantages.- Cardiac CT and MR Imaging Techniques.- Three-Dimensional Models in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Acquired Heart Disease.- Marfan Syndrome.- Williams Syndrome.- Acquired Heart Disease in Children from Vasculitides: Kawasaki Disease and Takayasu Arteritis.- Myocarditis.- Endocarditis.- Pericarditis.- Constrictive Pericarditis.- Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease.- Invasive Mediastinal Mucormycosis.- Cardiac Trauma.- Normal Variants That May Mimic Pathology.- Cardiac Lipoma.- Rhabdomyoma.- Rhabdomyosarcoma.- Cardiac Fibroma.- Cardiac Myxoma.- Cardiac Teratoma.- Pediatric Cardiac Metastases.- Intracardiac Thrombus.- Iatrogenic Complications After Cardiac Surgery.- Diabetic Cardiomyopathy.- Dilated Cardiomyopathy.- Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy.- Noncompaction Cardiomyopathy.- Restrictive Cardiomyopathy.- Fibroelastosis.                     

"The book begins with a brief introduction to the imaging modalities covered (mostly MRI and CT). ... this book provides a good starting point for further reading into a niche topic ... ." (Dr. Tom Semple, RAD Magazine, May, 2017)