title: Cardiac CT Angiography in Congestive Heart Failure.
abstract: Cardiac CT angiography has become an important tool for the diagnosis and treatment of congestive heart failure. Differentiation of ischemic from nonischemic cardiomyopathy; evaluation of myocardial perfusion; characterization of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, left ventricular noncompaction, and arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia; and delineation of congenital heart defects and valvular abnormalities are the primary diagnostic applications. Therapeutic use includes visualization of the coronary venous anatomy for optimal implementation of cardiac resynchronization therapy and evaluation of left ventricular assist devices and transplant vasculopathy.
authors.affiliation: Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, New York.
authors.forename: Avi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Levine
authors.affiliation: Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, New York harvey.hecht@mountsinai.org.
authors.forename: Harvey S
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Hecht
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000792:Angiography; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D058406:Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy; D002312:Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006353:Heart-Assist Devices; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009038:Motion; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000473:pathology; D055414:Myocardial Perfusion Imaging / Q000379:methods; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging
keywords: cardiac CTA; cardiology; congestive heart failure; image reconstruction; noninvasive imaging