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PROMOTED
Author(s):
Nicolas M Van Mieghem
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Kendra J Grubb
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David Hildick-Smith
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et al
Start date:
Mar 26, 2024
Cardiac Computed Tomography
Author(s):
Alan S Katz
Added:
3 years ago
Article
Cardiac Computed Tomography—2005
Author(s):
Matthew J Budoff
Added:
3 years ago
Article
Author(s):
Matthew J Budoff
Added:
3 years ago
Cardiac computed tomography (CT) has evolved greatly over the last 20 years. This article reviews its current clinical uses, and describes some of the potential for even greater utility in the near future. Electron beam tomography (EBT) was developed 20 years ago specifically for cardiac imaging. Although the technique can quantify ventricular anatomy and function1 as well as myocardial…
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Author(s):
PJ de Feyter
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N Mollet
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Koen Nieman
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3 years ago
In vivo visualisation of the coronary arteries was first introduced by de Mason Sones in the 1950s. Selective invasive coronary angiography (CA) has significantly increased our understanding and management of coronary atherosclerosis and has precisely delineated coronary stenoses, which was a prerequisite for the development of coronary revascularisation techniques. However, it was almost 10…
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Author(s):
Jyrki T Kuikka
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3 years ago
Myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) using combined computed tomography (CT) and single-photon emission CT (SPECT) systems plays an important role in the management of patients with coronary artery disease (CAD).1–4 The method can be used to assess myocardial perfusion and left ventricular function simultaneously. It is an especially valuable tool for assessing short-term risk of CAD, thus…
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Author(s):
Lukas Lehmkuhl
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Matthias Gutberlet
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Stefan Nitzsche
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et al
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3 years ago
Since the introduction of multislice computed tomography (MSCT) in 1998, non-invasive cardiac imaging has developed rapidly. In the recent past, two different objectives can be observed in the technological development of cardiac MSCT. On the one hand, the number of detector rows was increased up to 320 in single-source scanners in order to ensure simultaneous coverage of the entire heart with a…
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Author(s):
Frank J Rybicki
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3 years ago
Most advances in cardiac computed tomography (CT), particularly coronary CT angiography (CTA), have come from the development of protocols consistent with rapid incremental improvements in CT technology. The evolution of cardiac CT from early technology has been paralleled with evolving protocols that have extended cardiac CT beyond the imaging of coronary arteries alone: current applications…
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Author(s):
Pascal Thériault-Lauzier
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Marco Spaziano
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Beatriz Vaquerizo
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et al
Added:
3 years ago
Valvular Disease
Aortic valve
Severe symptomatic aortic stenosis (AS) bears a dismal prognosis. The mean survival is 2.0 to 4.7 years after the onset of angina, 0.8 to 3.8 years after the onset of syncope and 0.5 to 2.8 years after the onset of congestive heart failure.1 Surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) is the mainstay of treatment for these patients.2 In the last decade transcatheter…
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Author(s):
Andreas H Mahnken
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Joachim E Wildberger
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Peter R Seidensticker
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3 years ago
Coronary artery disease (CAD) represents a relevant economic burden to modern medicine. In 2003 more than 1.41 million diagnostic coronary angiograms and an additional 1.24 million percutaneous coronary angioplasties were performed in the US alone.1 While coronary angiography is considered the gold standard for diagnosing CAD, several non-invasive techniques have been evaluated for assessing CAD…
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