title: Noninvasive evaluation of cardiac veins with 16-MDCT angiography.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Anatomic mapping of the cardiac veins is important to guide transvenous therapeutic procedures such as biventricular pacing. As an alternative to invasive venography, we studied the feasibility of MDCT of the cardiac venous anatomy.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Cardiac venous anatomy is variable. MDCT is a noninvasive method that allows detailed imaging of the cardiac venous anatomy, including small cardiac veins and thebesian valves. Therefore, cardiac MDCT may be a valuable tool for guiding procedures that involve the cardiac venous system.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, CIMIT, 100 Charles River Plaza, Ste. 400, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
authors.forename: Suhny
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Abbara
authors.forename: Ricardo C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Cury
authors.forename: Koen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nieman
authors.forename: Vivek
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Reddy
authors.forename: Fabian
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Moselewski
authors.forename: Steven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Schmidt
authors.forename: Maros
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ferencik
authors.forename: Udo
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Hoffmann
authors.forename: Thomas J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Brady
authors.forename: Stephan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Achenbach
mesh_terms: D017023:Coronary Angiography / Q000379:methods*; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed