Magnetic resonance imaging of the heart allows a quick and exact evaluation of global and regional pump function, regional myocardial wall motion, myocardial perfusion and coronary blood flow. Some of these parameters must also be analyzed under stress conditions to identify myocardial ischemia.

By combining these functional parameters with high-resolution anatomical images, which are even sufficient to depict the coronary arteries, magnetic resonance imaging has become one of the most important noninvasive procedures to study the condition of the heart and is...

Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty is presently the widest used non-surgi cal method for the treatment of stenotic lesions in coronary artery disease. Continuous development of the procedure and equipment has made complex and multi-vessel-inter ventions possible and has led to other techniques of intravascular angioplasty. In reviewing current results, this volume pays particular attention to causes, incidence, circumstances, recognition, treatment and outcome of complications of PTCA; it also considers restenosis, which still occurs at an unsatisfactory high rate after primarily...

Magnetic resonance imaging of the heart allows a quick and exact evaluation of global and regional pump function, regional myocardial wall motion, myocardial perfusion and coronary blood flow. Some of these parameters must also be analyzed under stress conditions to identify myocardial ischemia.

By combining these functional parameters with high-resolution anatomical images, which are even sufficient to depict the coronary arteries, magnetic resonance imaging has become one of the most important noninvasive procedures to study the condition of the heart and is being increasingly...

Die nichtinvasive Untersuchung des Herzens und der grossen Gefasse mittels der Magnetresonanztomographie spielt eine zunehmende Rolle bei der Diagnostik von Patienten mit kardiovaskularen Erkrankungen. Dabei hat sich das Verfahren in einigen Standardindikationen bereits als Referenztechnik etabliert. Insbesondere im Bereich der Ischamiediagnostik gibt es jedoch eine Vielzahl neuer Anwendungsbereiche.
In diesem Leitfaden fur Kardiologen, Radiologen und technische Assistenten werden die physikalischen Grundlagen und Scantechniken fur weniger erfahrene Anwender verstandlich erklart."