[ECG-gated bypass CT angiography--application in imaging arterial bypasses].
Nowadays coronary artery bypass grafting is increasingly performed using arterial grafts. Purpose of the study was the evaluation of a appropriate 16 detector-row CT angiography protocol in patients after predominantly arterial bypass grafting. Fourteen patients after bypass grafting were including into the study and CT angiography carried out in the early postoperative period using a 16 detector-row CT system. To reduce cardiac pulsation artifacts data acquisition was implemented using ECG-gating algorithms. Overall 43 grafts (37 arterial, 6 venous) were examined. In 13 patients surgery had been performed using composite grafts with T or TY configuration. The mean heart rate was 74.1 bpm and showed a negative correlation to the image quality (r=-0.65; p=0.01). However, all data sets were diagnostic. Contrast injection protocol allowed for a homogeneous opacification throughout the vessels of interest. All non-delineationable grafts (5) showed a close proximity to the heart (T or Y grafts). Cardiac surgery is increasingly focusing on arterial revascularisation in bypass grafting and therefore leading to new demands for non-invasive bypass graft imaging. 16 detector-row CT allows a reliable visualization of even composite arterial grafts. However, for detection of grafts in the proximity of the heart a reduction of the heart rate (<65-70) still seems to be necessary.
Institut für Klinische Radiologie, Klinikum der Universität München - Standort Grosshadern. Bernd.Wintersperger@med.uni-muenchen.de
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D000368:Aged; D000465:Algorithms; D001158:Arteries / Q000637:transplantation; D016477:Artifacts; D003287:Contrast Media / Q000008:administration & dosage; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D023903:Coronary Restenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006083:Graft Occlusion, Vascular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D007479:Iopamidol; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011856:Radiographic Image Enhancement; D011857:Radiographic Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D036542:Tomography, Spiral Computed; D014680:Veins / Q000637:transplantation
D003287:Contrast Media; D007479:Iopamidol