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Imaging Findings Associated with Left-Sided Cardiac Dysfunction

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Integrated Cardiothoracic Imaging with MDCT

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Computed tomography (CT) has provided new in-sights into the alterations that occur in the lungs in patients with cardiac disease. In this chapter the emphasis is on the imaging features associated with left sided-cardiac dysfunction, particularly the spectrum of thin-section CT thoracic abnormalities. Some controversial entities such as “cardiac asthma” and the chronicity of the pulmonary changes are discussed. The new perspective of integrating pulmonary and cardiac information provided by multidetector-row CT (MDCT) is also considered.

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  1. Department of Clinical Sciences, Institute of Radiology, University of Parma, Via Gramsci 14, 43100, Parma, Italy

    Nicola Sverzellati MD

  2. Department of Radiology, Royal Brompton Hospital, Sydney Street, London, SW3 6NP, UK

    David M. Hansell MD, FRCP, FRCR

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Sverzellati, N., Hansell, D.M. (2009). Imaging Findings Associated with Left-Sided Cardiac Dysfunction. In: Rémy-Jardin, M., Rémy, J. (eds) Integrated Cardiothoracic Imaging with MDCT. Medical Radiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-72387-5_14

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