Cardiovascular computed tomographic angiography evaluation following unsuccessful invasive angiography: the clinical utility of 3D volume rendering.
In an appropriate clinical setting, cardiac CT angiography (CCT) can be used as a safe and effective noninvasive imaging modality for defining coronary arterial anatomy by providing detailed three-dimensional anatomic information that may be difficult to obtain with invasive coronary angiography (ICA). We present a patient where coronary angiography by ICA was unsuccessful and where the subsequent CCT proved to be very useful in providing us relevant information.
Gopal
Ambarish
A
Medicine Department, Cardiology Section, VA Loma Linda Healthcare System, Loma Linda, California 92357, USA.
Silvet
Helme
H
Foster
Gary P
GP
D000368:Aged; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D017023:Coronary Angiography / Q000379:methods*; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000295:instrumentation; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D008297:Male; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011300:Preoperative Care; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D011857:Radiographic Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted; D012086:Reoperation; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed