title: Evaluation of the cardiac surgery patient with MSCT.
abstract: Advances in MSCT have enabled assessment of cardiac function and anatomy, and ECG gating has allowed increasingly accurate depiction of coronary artery grafts and native coronary arteries. These capabilities now offer a comprehensive evaluation of the preoperative surgical patient. This essay outlines the important imaging issues and opportunities in the evaluation of the cardiac surgery patient.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University Hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland, OH 44160-5000, USA. Gilkeson@uhrad.com
authors.forename: Robert C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Gilkeson
authors.forename: Alan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Markowitz
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sachs
mesh_terms: D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D011300:Preoperative Care; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*