title: Three-dimensional reconstruction of the coronary sinus with rotational angiography.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  High-speed rotational coronary venous (CV) angiography (RCVA) permits dynamic, multi-angle visualization of the CV anatomy.
  
  
  RESULTS
  RCVA uses a rapid isocentric rotation over a 108 degrees arc, right anterior oblique (RAO) 54 degrees to left anterior oblique (LAO) 54 degrees, in 4 s. Three-dimensional models of the venous tree were reconstructed, and the rotational images were analyzed using a full range of gantry angles, providing the operator with considerably more information about the CV anatomy than standard coronary sinus angiography images (SCVA).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The SCVA view, which optimally displayed the appropriate coronary sinus branch for left ventricular lead implantation, was often different from the conventional RAO and LAO views.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Masayoshi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kofune
authors.forename: Ichiro
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: Sonoko
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ashino
authors.forename: Yasuo
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Okumura
authors.forename: Kazunori
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kawauchi
authors.forename: Tatsuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kofune
authors.forename: Kimie
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ohkubo
authors.forename: Kenichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hashimoto
authors.forename: Hidezou
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sugimura
authors.forename: Toshiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakai
authors.forename: Atsushi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hirayama
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015901:Angiography, Digital Subtraction; D054537:Atrioventricular Block / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy; D017115:Catheter Ablation; D017023:Coronary Angiography / Q000379:methods*; D054326:Coronary Sinus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D008297:Male; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial; D012399:Rotation; D013617:Tachycardia, Supraventricular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D014927:Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery