Left ventricular thin-point detection using multidetector spiral computed tomography.
We systematically studied the thickness of the myocardium in the left ventricular apical region in patients without a history of myocardial infarction and with no hemodynamically significant coronary artery disease, using contrast-enhanced multidetector spiral computed tomography with submillimeter collimation. We confirmed previous pathology data and reliably detected a small confined region of the normal apical myocardium with a thickness of <or=3 mm, i.e., the left ventricular thin point.
Ferencik
Maros
M
Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston 02114, USA. maros_ferencik@hms.harvard.edu
Abbara
Suhny
S
Hoffmann
Udo
U
Cury
Ricardo C
RC
Brady
Thomas J
TJ
Achenbach
Stephan
S
D000368:Aged; D003287:Contrast Media; D005260:Female; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012016:Reference Values; D036542:Tomography, Spiral Computed; D014283:Triiodobenzoic Acids
D003287:Contrast Media; D014283:Triiodobenzoic Acids; C044834:iodixanol