RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Cardiac CT Angiography in Congestive Heart Failure
JF Journal of Nuclear Medicine
JO J Nucl Med
FD Society of Nuclear Medicine
SP 46S
OP 51S
DO 10.2967/jnumed.114.150441
VO 56
IS Supplement 4
A1 Levine, Avi
A1 Hecht, Harvey S.
YR 2015
UL http://jnm.snmjournals.org/content/56/Supplement_4/46S.abstract
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.