Congenital and acquired abnormalities of the cardiac valves: spectrum of 64-slice multidetector CT findings.

Autor: Colen RR, Dodd JD, Roedl JB, Cury RC, Abbara S
Zdroj: Applied Radiology; Jan2007 Supplement, Vol. 36, p40-50, 11p
Abstrakt: Multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) is expected to revolutionize the way the evaluation and work-up of the cardiac patient is performed. Although invasive coronary and cardiac angiography maintains a 0.2-mm spatial resolution versus 0.4-mm in 64-slice MDCT, the emergence of retrospectively electrocardiographic-gated 64-slice MDCT has resulted in high spatial resolutions that are not achievable with other noninvasive cardiac imaging modalities. The purpose of this article is to describe the MDCT qualitative techniques used to evaluate valvular lesions and to describe and illustrate a spectrum of congenital and acquired valvular disease with 64-slice MDCT. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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