Clinical application of cardiovascular computed tomography.
The application of computed tomography to cardiovascular diagnosis was attempted. One hundred and four consecutive patients with various cardiovascular diseases were studied with a third-generation computed tomographic three-second whole body scanner. Identification and evaluation of abnormalities of the great vessels, atria, ventricles and interventricular septum were possible by cardiac computed tomography. Sizes and locations of intracardiac thrombi were accurately assessed by computed tomography. Computed tomography was valuable for the evaluation of pericardial effusion because distribution of the effusion as well as the gross nature of the fluid could be estimated by the CT number.
D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed