Vascular CT Angiography Manual
Vascular medicine is an ever changing and rapidly advancing field, and with the onset of state of the art diagnostic and imaging modalities, we are recognizing that vascular illness is more prevalent than once thought. The proper diagnosis and treatment o
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Robert Pelberg · Wojciech Mazur
Vascular CT Angiography Manual
Authors Robert A. Pelberg, MD Ohio Heart and Vascular Center, The Christ Hospital Heart and Vascular Center and The Carl and Edyth Lindner Center for Research and Education, 10506 Montgomery Road Suite 504 Cincinnati, Ohio 45242 USA
Wojciech Mazur, MD The Christ Hospital Heart and Vascular Center and The Carl and Edyth Lindner Center for Research and Education and the Ohio Heart and Vascular Center, 2123 Auburn Avenue Cincinnati, Ohio 45219 USA
ISBN 978-1-84996-259-9 e-ISBN 978-1-84996-260-5 DOI 10.1007/978-1-84996-260-5 Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2010932884 © Springer-Verlag London Limited 2011 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilm or in any other way, and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the German Copyright Law of September 9, 1965, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Violations are liable to prosecution under the German Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. Product liability: The publishers cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information about dosage and application contained in this book. In every individual case the user must check such information by consulting the relevant literature. Cover design: eStudioCalamar Figueres/Berlin Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
In loving memory of my father, Joe Pelberg and my fatherin-law, Jerry Winter. I would also like to dedicate this book to my loving wife Wendy, my wonderful children, Josh, Adam and Noah, and to my devoted mother, Merryl, my sister Randi, my brotherin-law Michael and my late uncle Merrill Pelberg Thank you also to Gail Winter and to Miriam, David, Josie and Blake Lieber for their love and support. Robert Pelberg To my loving wife and children. Wojciech Mazur
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Foreword
Vision is the Art of Seeing the Invisible Jonathan Swift Knowing is not Enough; We Must Apply Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe As we lay to rest the first decade of the twenty-first century, we look back at a virtual explosion of diagnostic imaging technology. There is no doubt that computed tomography has led the way. As a medical resident in the 1980s, I had the good fortune in hind sight, but at that time the dreaded task of sitting with the patients undergoing head CTs in what I thought must have been Sir Godfrey Hounsfield’s first commercially available scanner. The initial scanner developed by EMI took 20–30 min to com
