Cardiovascular and Coronary Artery Imaging, Volume Two presents the basics of echocardiography, nuclear imaging and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and provides insights into their appropriate use. The book covers state-of-the-art approaches for automated non-invasive systems for early cardiovascular and coronary artery disease diagnosis. It includes several prominent imaging modalities such as MRI, CT and PET technologies. Other sections focus on major trends and challenges in this area and present the latest techniques for cardiovascular and coronary image analysis.

• Takes an integrated approach to cardiovascular and coronary imaging using machine learning, deep learning and reinforcement learning approaches
• Covers state-of-the-art approaches for automated non-invasive systems for early cardiovascular disease diagnosis
• Provides a perspective on future cardiovascular imaging and highlights areas that still need improvement

Part A: Cardiovascular Imaging Section 1: Cardiovascular Perfusion Imaging1. Relation of pulse pressure and arterial stiffness to concentric left ventricular hypertrophy in young men left ventricular perfusion and function by gated SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging2. Metabolic Mechanisms in Heart Failure3. Myocardial Scarring on Outcomes of Cardiac Resynchronization4. Cardiac resynchronization therapy
Section 2: Other Imaging Modalities5. Arterial ultrasonography and tonometry as adjuncts to cardiovascular risk stratification6. Comparison of arterial functional evaluations as a predictor of cardiovascular events7. Predicting cardiac events using ventricular dyssynchrony8. The blood pressure response to vasodilator stress
Part B: Coronary ImagingSection 1: Myocardial Perfusion Imaging9. Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Assessment of Dyssynchrony10. Importance of Nonobstructive Coronary Artery Disease in the Prognosis of Patients with Heart Failure11. Survival and Heart Failure Hospitalization in Patients with Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy
Section 2: Other Imaging Modalities12. Comparative effectiveness of coronary CT angiography vs stress cardiac imaging13. Myocardial ischemia in the absence of obstructive coronary lesion14. Diagnosis of Coronary heart disease15. Computed Tomography Angiography of Coronary heart disease16. Outcomes of non-invasive diagnostic modalities for the detection of coronary artery disease