Computed Tomography and Angiography of Left Ventricular Diverticulum

Congenital left ventricular diverticulum: diagnostic usefulness of color Doppler echocardiography and computed tomography.

Diagnosis of ventricular diverticulum by cardiac computed tomography.

A 68-year-old man with an unremarkable history was admitted to hospital with a diagnosis of unstable angina. During his hospital stay, he experienced chest pain, with electrocardiographic changes on the inferior wall. Coronary angiography revealed a severe lesion in the middle third of right coronary artery, which was revascularized using a drug-eluting stent. Ventriculography showed mildly dep...

Etiological diagnosis of left ventricular dysfunction: computed tomography compared with coronary angiography and cardiac magnetic resonance.

INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES To evaluate the capability of multidetector computed tomography to diagnose the coronary etiology of left ventricular dysfunction compared with using invasive coronary angiography and magnetic resonance. METHODS Forty consecutive patients with left ventricular dysfunction of uncertain etiology underwent invasive coronary angiography and contrast magnetic resonance....

Utilization of cardiac computed tomography angiography for the diagnosis of left ventricular assist device thrombosis.

The use of left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) in the management of advanced heart failure has grown substantially in recent years, with implantation of these devices increasing 10-fold since the approval of a continuous-flow device for destination therapy in January 2010. With the significant increase in use of this technology comes the potential for an increased incidence of complications...

Can coronary computed tomography angiography replace invasive angiography? Coronary computed tomography angiography cannot replace invasive angiography.

O ne million patients undergo invasive coronary angiogra-phy (CA) in the United States every year. 1 In view of its invasive nature and related costs, noninvasive imaging of coronary imaging has the theoretical appeal to improve comfort for patients, reduce cost, and refine patient selection to limit invasive procedures to patients requiring treatment for ischemic coronary artery disease (CAD)....