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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.

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MedicineComputed tomographicTomographyRadiologyTomographic reconstructionMagnetic resonance imagingFluoroscopyAngiocardiographyNuclear medicineComputed tomography

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Year
1990
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article
Volume
13
Issue
11
Pages
804-812
Citations
7
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B. F. Waller, Charles P. Taliercio, John D. Slack et al. (1990). Tomographic views of normal and abnormal hearts: The anatomic basis for various cardiac imaging techniques. Part I. Clinical Cardiology , 13 (11) , 804-812. https://doi.org/10.1002/clc.4960131111

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10.1002/clc.4960131111