title: Multislice cardiac spiral CT evaluation of atypical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy with a calcified left ventricular thrombus.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Radiology, Institute for Arteriosclerosis Research, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Germany. kujuerg@uni-muenster.de
authors.forename: K U
authors.initials: KU
authors.lastname: Juergens
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wessling
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Fallenberg
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mönnig
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Wichter
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fischbach
mesh_terms: 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*