title: Tomographic views of normal and abnormal hearts: the anatomic basis for various cardiac imaging techniques. Part I.
abstract: Recent developments have taken place in the diagnosis of cardiovascular disorders in the area of cardiac imaging techniques. From a previous era of imaging by silhouettes (chest roentgenography, fluoroscopy, angiocardiography), we have emerged into an era of imaging by tomographic scanning (echocardiography, radionuclide tomography, computed tomography, magnetic resonance). A basic understanding of tomographic cardiac anatomy is the foundation for proper use and interpretation of these new imaging modalities. The present report provides a description of the techniques of tomographic cutting of necropsy cardiac specimens and illustrates some of the pathologic cardiac abnormalities cut in these tomographic planes. Part I of this report describes position of the heart and tomographic axis planes, preparation of the heart and methods of cutting at necropsy, and the short-axis, two-chamber, and four-chamber views of the heart.
authors: Nasser, Smith, Pinkerton Cardiology, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
authors: B F
authors: BF
authors: Waller
authors: C P
authors: CP
authors: Taliercio
authors: J D
authors: JD
authors: Slack
authors: C M
authors: CM
authors: Orr
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Howard
authors: M L
authors: ML
authors: Smith
mesh_terms: D006321:Heart / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology; D014054:Tomography / Q000379:methods*