Restrepo Carlos Santiago, Bardo Dianna M.E. (eds.) RadCases Cardiac Imaging

Thieme, 2010. — 221 p. — ISBN: 978-1-60406-185-7Numerous high-resolution color radiographs demonstrating key cardiac cases. A variety of common and uncommon presentations covering everything from myocardial infarction to aortic stenosis. Examples of cases that must be diagnosed immediately -- to avert potential disaster in daily practice and on exams -- such as ruptured thoracic aortic aneurysmThe electrical system of the heart performs critical functions in synchronized depolarization, resulting in contraction of the atria and ventricles and ejection of blood into the pulmonary and systemic vascular beds. The important structures and events in cardiac electrical activity and the usual vascular supply to these structures are described.
Shortness of breath and chest pain in a 45-year-old man
A 50-year-old woman presents with a stroke and a heart murmur on physical examination.
A 57-year-old man presents with a history of recent myocardial infarction with ST wave elevation on electrocardiogram. The apex was not moving normally on echo, and the ejection fraction was measured at 17%.
A 29-year-old man presents with a murmur. What is the high-signal structure adjacent to the spine, parallel to the aorta? Explain how this structure and the abnormal morphology of the heart (Fig. B) are related.
A 68-year-old man with history of left internal mammary artery (LIMA) coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) to the left anterior descending (LAD) coronary artery after diagnosis of severe proximal LAD stenosis. He now presents with new angina.
Dyspnea on exertion in a 55-year-old man.
A 74-year-old woman presents with a possible right coronary artery (RCA) anomaly on echocardiogram (ECG).
Progressive shortness of breath, abdominal swelling, and orthopnea.
A 63-year-old man presents with ST wave elevation on electrocardiogram (ECG).
Murmur on a physical examination in a 22-year-old man.
A 49-year-old woman presents with atypical chest pain.
Dyspnea on exertion and cardiac murmur.
Atypical chest pain and dyspnea on exertion in a 54-year-old man.