title: [Efficacy of computed tomography coronary angiography in cardiovascular surgery].
abstract: The clinical efficacy of multi-slice computed tomography (MSCT) in aortic lesions has improved in leaps and bounds. Using 64-slice MSCT with ECG-gating, it is possible to obtain scans that simultaneously achieve ultra-high-speed scanning, wide area scanning, and high-resolution data acquisition, thereby facilitating the routinization of isotropic data acquisition and a reduction in cardiac motion artifacts. Computed tomography coronary angiography (CTCA) using 64-slice MSCT is very useful for the preoperative and postoperative assessment of coronary arteries.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Japan.
authors.forename: Yasuyuki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
mesh_terms: D017023:Coronary Angiography; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D036542:Tomography, Spiral Computed