[The role of multidetector computed tomography in the diagnosis in 3 patients with ischaemic heart complaints].
Multidetector CT (MDCT) can provide important information before or after coronary angiography (CAG). This is illustrated by three cases. In a 21-year-old female with ventricle fibrillation CAG demonstrated an anomalous right coronary artery, the exact course of which could not be evaluated. MDCT demonstrated a course between the aorta and pulmonary trunk with vessel compression during systole. After a bypass operation and subsequent pacemaker implantation, she was asymptomatic at follow-up six weeks after hospital discharge. In a 46-year-old male with chest pain, MDCT showed triple vessel disease after which percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with stent implantation of the three main branches was performed. Two months after discharge, the patient did not report any complaints. In a 51-year-old male scheduled for PCI of the left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD), MDCT detected a LAD thrombus with 90% occlusion prior to PCI. The occlusion was confirmed during CAG and treated with angioplasty. The next day he was discharged. MDCT offers a practical solution for different cardiac problems through its high diagnostic value.
Academisch Ziekenhuis, Afd. Radiologie, Postbus 30.001, 9700 RB Groningen.
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Willemsen
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Oudkerk
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D000328:Adult; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic / Q000175:diagnosis; D017023:Coronary Angiography / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*