Dynamic Multislice Computed Tomography of Left Ventricular Function

Isolated left coronary ostial occlusion detected by multislice computed tomography

Multislice Computed Tomography After Left Main Drug-Eluting Stenting

Coronary stenting has become the dominant therapy for patients referred for coronary revascularization. Because of their documented efficacy in reducing instent restenosis (ISR),1–3 drug-eluting stents (DES) are used for this purpose in most percutaneous revascularization procedures. Although intended primarily for use in native, de novo stenoses in coronary vessels 2.5 to 3.5 mm in diameter, D...

Noninvasive angiography and assessment of left ventricular function using multislice computed tomography in patients with type 2 diabetes.

OBJECTIVE Early identification of coronary artery disease (CAD) in patients with diabetes is important because these patients are at increased risk for CAD and have worse outcome than nondiabetic patients after CAD is diagnosed. Recently, noninvasive coronary angiography and assessment of left ventricular function has been demonstrated with multislice computed tomography (MSCT). The purpose of ...

Multislice computed tomography accurately quantifies left atrial size and function after the MAZE procedure.

BACKGROUND Although the MAZE procedure allows for the recovery of sinus rhythm and left atrial (LA) mechanical function in the great majority of patients with chronic atrial fibrillation (AF), the effects of MAZE on the precise LA geometry and wall motion remain to be elucidated. We hypothesized that LA size and mechanical function in patients with chronic AF and mitral valvular disease are wel...

Cardiac applications of multislice computed tomography.

Netherlands Multislice CT (MSCT) is gaining clinical acceptance for cardiac imaging owing to improved temporal and spatial resolution of the latest 16-slice and 64-slice technology. Although the cardiac MSCT applications are promising, there is still room for further technical improvements and optimization of post-processing techniques for cardiac evaluation. Interestingly, the data acquired fo...