Book Review: MRI and CT of the Cardiovascular System, 3rd edition

Editors: Charles B. Higgins, MD; and Albert de Roos, MD Publisher: Wolters Kluwer | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins – 676 pages Book Review by: Nano Khilnani This book is about effectively and thoroughly using two relatively recent scanning and imaging technologies in diagnosing cardiovascular conditions and taking the necessary further steps in treating patients. The authors point out that these technologies covered in this book are relatively new, but their effectiveness in diagnosing heart disease has advanced rapidly in recent years. Computed tomography or CT produced the first images of the beating heart in the late 1970s, and the...

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