Multislice cardiac spiral CT evaluation of atypical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy with a calcified left ventricular thrombus.
We report a case of a 43-year-old male patient with an atypical nonobstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and a calcified left ventricular thrombus, and present results of multislice computed tomography (MSCT) using retrospective electrocardiograph gating, which is a new modality in cardiac imaging. Obtaining virtually motion-free images with a temporal resolution of 250 ms in an optimized heart scan MSCT allows functional imaging with evaluation of impaired systolic and diastolic left ventricular wall motion.
Juergens
K U
KU
Department of Clinical Radiology, Institute for Arteriosclerosis Research, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Germany. kujuerg@uni-muenster.de
Wessling
J
J
Fallenberg
E M
EM
Mönnig
G
G
Wichter
T
T
Fischbach
R
R
D000328:Adult; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002312:Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D008297:Male; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*