Comprehensive evaluation of ischemic heart disease using MDCT.
OBJECTIVE
Recently MDCT has become widely used for the evaluation of ischemic heart disease, but clinically the evaluation is primarily focused on the coronary artery only. We describe why and how to comprehensively evaluate the cardiac CT scan, including myocardium, motion, viability, valve, and perfusion aspects related to ischemic heart disease.


CONCLUSIONS
Radiologists should be familiar with the protocol design and comprehensive interpretation of cardiac MDCT to provide comprehensive treatment suggestions for the patients.
Department of Radiology, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung Harbor Rd, Taichung, Taiwan, ROC. sillyduck.radiology@gmail.com
I-Chen
IC
Tsai
Wen-Lieng
WL
Lee
Chen-Rong
CR
Tsao
Yen
Y
Chang
Min-Chi
MC
Chen
Tain
T
Lee
Wan-Chun
WC
Liao
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011856:Radiographic Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*