Includes bibliographical references and index.

Echocardiography: basic principles -- New developments in echocardiography -- Nuclear cardiology (PET and SPECT): basic principles -- Hybrid imaging: PET-CT and SPECT-CT -- Cardiac CT: basic principles -- CMR: basic principles -- Valvular stenosis -- Valvular regurgitation -- Heart valve prostheses -- Endocarditis -- Echocardiography and detection of coronary artery disease -- Nuclear cardiology and detection of coronary artery disease -- Cardiac CT and detection of coronary artery disease -- CMR and detection of coronary artery disease -- Evaluation of systolic and diastolic LV function -- Echocardiography to assess viability -- Nuclear imaging and multi-detector computed tomography to assess viability.

Heart failure: CMR to assess viability -- Imaging cardiac innervation -- Cardiac resynchronization therapy: selection of candidates -- Cardiac resynchronization therapy: optimization and follow-up -- Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy -- Infiltrative cardiomyopathy -- Dilated cardiomyopathy -- Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy/dysplasia (ARVC/D) -- Pericardial effusion and cardiac tamponade -- Constrictive pericarditis and restrictive cardiomyopathy -- Myocarditis -- Cardiac masses and tumors -- The role of echocardiography in adult congenital heart disease -- The roles of CMR and MSCT in adult congenital heart disease -- Role of echocardiography -- Role of magnetic resonance imaging in aortic disease -- Role of multi-slice computed tomography.