Noninvasive evaluation of cardiac veins with 16-MDCT angiography.
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.
Abbara
Suhny
S
Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, CIMIT, 100 Charles River Plaza, Ste. 400, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
Cury
Ricardo C
RC
Nieman
Koen
K
Reddy
Vivek
V
Moselewski
Fabian
F
Schmidt
Steven
S
Ferencik
Maros
M
Hoffmann
Udo
U
Brady
Thomas J
TJ
Achenbach
Stephan
S
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