PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Levine, Avi
AU  - Hecht, Harvey S.
TI  - Cardiac CT Angiography in Congestive Heart Failure
AID  - 10.2967/jnumed.114.150441
DP  - 2015 Jun 01
TA  - Journal of Nuclear Medicine
PG  - 46S--51S
VI  - 56
IP  - Supplement 4
4099  - http://jnm.snmjournals.org/content/56/Supplement_4/46S.short
4100  - http://jnm.snmjournals.org/content/56/Supplement_4/46S.full
SO  - J Nucl Med2015 Jun 01; 56
AB  - 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.