[Comprehensive assessment of coronary disease using perfusion CT with pharmacologically induced stress]

G Bastarrika; D K Kang; J A Abro; U J Schoepf

doi:10.1016/j.rx.2010.03.012

[Comprehensive assessment of coronary disease using perfusion CT with pharmacologically induced stress]

Radiologia. 2010 Sep-Oct;52(5):469-72. doi: 10.1016/j.rx.2010.03.012. Epub 2010 May 18.

[Article in Spanish]

Authors

G Bastarrika¹, D K Kang, J A Abro, U J Schoepf

Affiliation

¹ Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA. bastarrika@unav.es

PMID: 20483440
DOI: 10.1016/j.rx.2010.03.012

Abstract

Technological advances in multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) like second-generation dual source scanners have made it possible to evaluate myocardial perfusion as well as the anatomy of the coronary arteries in patients with suspected coronary disease; until recently, this application was confined to other imaging modalities. In this brief communication, we report a cardiac CT imaging protocol that combines CT coronary angiography with the analysis of ventricular function, perfusion, and myocardial viability in a single examination, thereby enabling a comprehensive assessment of coronary disease.

Publication types

Case Reports
English Abstract
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adenosine
Coronary Angiography / methods
Coronary Artery Disease / diagnosis*
Exercise Test / methods
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Tomography, X-Ray Computed*

Substances

Adenosine