title: Targeted cardiac post-mortem computed tomography angiography: a pictorial review.
abstract: With the introduction of targeted coronary artery angiography to post-mortem computed tomography (PMCT) it is now possible to assess the coronary arteries and left ventricle after death without, case dependent, the necessity to undertake an invasive autopsy. The purpose of this pictorial review is to act as a walk through aid memoire and educational learning document for radiologists and pathologists alike who may be new to the use and interpretation of targeted PMCT angiography. By using an example scanning protocol, which uses both positive and negative (air) contrast mediums, this pictorial review provides a systematic approach to vessel and ventricular assessment that is based upon clinical cardiac angiography but adapted to PMCT.
authors.affiliation: East Midlands Forensic Pathology Unit, Robert Kilpatrick Building, Level 3 Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester LE2 7LX, UK. gnr3@le.ac.uk
authors.forename: Guy
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rutty
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Saunders
authors.forename: Bruno
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Morgan
authors.forename: Vimal
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Raj
mesh_terms: D000388:Air; D001344:Autopsy / Q000379:methods*; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002404:Catheterization; D057785:Catheters; D003287:Contrast Media; D017023:Coronary Angiography / Q000379:methods*; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D023921:Coronary Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D049429:Forensic Pathology; D006321:Heart / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D011180:Postmortem Changes; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D015607:Stents; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014654:Vascular Patency
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media