Technological Approach to Cardiothoracic Imaging -- From Sixteen Slices to Nowadays - Cardiothoracic Imaging with CT -- Cardiac Gating -- Cardiothoracic Image Postprocessing -- Contrast Medium Utilization -- Dose Reduction in Chest CT -- Acquisition Protocols -- Anatomical and Physiological Approach to Cardiothoracic Imaging -- Cardiac and Coronary Artery Anatomy and Physiology -- Heart-Lung Interactions -- Physiological Interactions -- Drug-Induced Respiratory Disease in Cardiac Patients -- Medical Applications of Integrated Cardiothoracic Imaging -- Diseases of the Pulmonary Circulation -- COPD and Cardiac Comorbidities -- Immunologic Lung Disease -- Sleep-Related Hypoventilation/Hypoxemic Syndromes (SRHH) -- Imaging Findings Associated with Left-Sided Cardiac Dysfunction -- Evaluation of Chest Pain, Hemoptysis and Dyspnea -- Lesions of Proximal Coronary Arteries -- Myocardial Infarction -- Aortic Bicuspidia, Silent Ductus Arteriosus -- Cardiac Calcifications -- Left Superior Vena Cava -- Partial Anomalous Venous Return -- Pulmonary Valvular Stenosis -- Right-to-Left Shunts -- MDCT: Evaluation of Congenital and Acquired Diseases of the Pericardium -- Lung Perfusion -- Pulmonary Embolism from Cardiac Origin -- Pectus Excavatum and the Heart -- Thoracic Surgery and Asymptomatic Coronary Artery Disease -- Diseases Developing Coronaro-Bronchial Anastomoses.