Multislice computed tomography for preoperative and postoperative assessment in totally endoscopic coronary artery bypass grafting.
This article reviews the clinical value of noninvasive multi-slice computed tomography (MSCT) angiography before and after totally endoscopic coronary artery bypass surgery. The use of coronary and aorto-iliaco-femoral MSCT angiography in the preoperative assessment is addressed and the use of bypass MSCT angiography for postoperative control of bypass graft patency is discussed.
Feuchtner
Gudrun
G
Clinical Department of Radiology II, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria. Gudrun.Feuchtner@i-med.ac.at
Schachner
Thomas
T
Junker
Daniel
D
Bonaros
Nikolaos
N
Ohlinger
Armin
A
Friedrich
Guy
G
Cooper
Joseph
J
Laufer
Guenther
G
Bonatti
Johannes
J
D017023:Coronary Angiography; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D004724:Endoscopy; D006801:Humans; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed