The Mayo Clinic Guide to Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Second Edition, is a thoroughly handy reference text and soon to be classic text is designed to educate physicists, technologists, and clinicians in the basics of cardiac MRI. A significantly expanded and reworked clinical imaging section provides numerous imaging protocols for the most commonly indicated cardiac MRI examinations as well as a plethora of well illustrated and described clinical examples. This text is a must have for anyone interested in developing their own cardiovascular MR imaging practice or advancing their existing skills. The addition of case-based questions and answers add a new dimension to this expanded second edition.

Kiaran P. McGee, PhD Consultant, Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota; Associate Professor of Medical Physics and Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine Matthew W. Martinez, MD Director, Cardiovascular Imaging, Lehigh Valley Health Network, Allentown, Pennsylvania Eric E. Williamson, MD Chair, Division of Cardiovascular Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota; Associate Professor of Radiology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine

Section I: Basic Principles of Cardiac MRI 1 ECG Gating and Associated Artifacts Matthew W. Martinez, MD, and Kiaran P. McGee, PhD 2 Cardiac Anatomy Matthew W. Martinez, MD 3 Standard Imaging Planes in Cardiac MR Imaging Matthew W. Martinez, MD, Eric E. Williamson, MD, and Kiaran P. McGee, PhD 4 Pulse Sequence Basics Kiaran P. McGee, MD, and Matthew A. Bernstein, PhD 5 Modular Cardiac MR Imaging Protocols Phillip M. Young, MD, Eric E. Williamson, MD, and James F. Glockner, MD Section II: Clinical Applications and Case Studies 6 Myocardial Ischemia and Infarction Thomas A. Foley, MD 7 Nonischemic Myocardial Disease Nila J. Akhtar, MD, Matthew W. Martinez, MD, and Eric E. Williamson, MD 8 Pericardial Disease Phillip M. Young, MD 9 Cardiac Masses Ethany L. Cullen, MD, and Philip A. Araoz, MD 10 Congenital Disease Nandan S. Anavekar, MB, BCh, and Paul R. Julsrud, MD 11 Valvular Heart Disease James F. Glockner, MD, PhD Section III: Troubleshooting-MRI Safety and Artifacts 12 Common MR Imaging Artifacts Kiaran P. McGee, PhD, and Matthew A. Bernstein, PhD 13 Cardiac MRI Safety Kiaran P. McGee, PhD, Robert E. Watson Jr, MD, PhD, and Eric E. Williamson, MD Section IV: Review Questions 14 Board-Type Questions and Answers Kiaran P. McGee, PhD, Matthew W. Martinez, MD, and Eric E. Williamson, MD Index