Editors: Zamorano JL, Bax J, Knuuti J, Sechtem U,
Lancellotti P, Badano L
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2015
ISBN: 978-0-19-870334-1 Price: £115
The second edition of the ESC textbook of cardiovascular imaging is a compendium of imaging expertise. The list of contributors alone should be enough to guarantee that there is something to learn for most involved in cardiology imaging.
The strengths are that it takes someone with a very limited knowledge of any of the individual modalities and walks them through the basics of how images are formed, through to making advanced diagnostic decisions. Some sections manage to seamlessly