Reliability of cardiac computed tomography examination in cardiac pathology - a case series and literature review.
| Autor: | Capisizu AS; Department of Radiology and Imagistic Medicine 1, Faculty of Medicine, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania., Stanciu S; Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania.; Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Laboratory of Noninvasive Cardiovascular Functional Explorations, Dr. Carol Davila Central Military Emergency University Hospital, Bucharest, Romania., Cuzino D; Department of Radiology and Imagistic Medicine 1, Faculty of Medicine, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania.; Clinical Radiology-Medical Imaging Center, Medical Imaging Radiology Laboratory II, Dr. Carol Davila Central Military Emergency University Hospital, Bucharest, Romania. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | Journal of medicine and life [J Med Life] 2023 Jul; Vol. 16 (7), pp. 1140-1146. |
| DOI: | 10.25122/jml-2023-0268 |
| Abstrakt: | Due to the technological progress in the last decade, the medical practice of cardiology relies more and more on the information provided by cardiac computed tomography. Current guidelines propose coronary computed angiography as a first-line anatomic investigation in patients with low and intermediate probability of coronary atherosclerosis. At the same time, anatomical information is obtained about the rest of the cardiac structures and about cardiac function. The present work aimed to present the contribution of cardiac computed tomography in the morphological and functional characterization of patients with complex cardiac pathology. Three cases are presented in which the information provided by cardiac computed tomography contributed significantly to the diagnosis. The cases were cardiac pathologies such as ventricular apical aneurysm, aortic prosthetic thrombosis, and a cardiac malformation with transposition of great arteries. In addition to highlighting the role of cardiac computed tomography in diagnosing cardiac pathology, a brief review of cardiac computed tomography indications, inclusion criteria, patient safety, basic techniques, and the main protocols and types of post-processing used in practice is provided. This article provides an overview of the applications of cardiac computed tomography, highlighting its role within clinical practice, particularly in the characterization of complex cardiac pathologies. Competing Interests: The authors declare no conflict of interest. (©2023 JOURNAL of MEDICINE and LIFE.) |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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