Key Points ▪ Cardiac CT is an excellent means of depicting pulmonary venous anatomy to plan pulmonary venous isolation procedures and of anticipating several potential complications of pulmonary venous isolation…
Key Points ▪ Cardiac CT’s ability to depict fine structural detail within the heart enables it to characterize the morphologic features of cardiomyopathies such as wall thickness, left ventricular mass,…
Key Points ▪ Although echocardiography and MRI are still the best overall modalities for the evaluation of aortic and complex congenital heart lesions, especially postoperatively, there are exceptions. ▪ A…
Key Points ▪ The initial evaluation of cardiac masses should be performed using echocardiography. ▪ Cardiac CT scanning is able to image cardiac masses and can contribute to their evaluation….
Key Point ▪ The high spatial resolution and excellent field of view of CCT enables it to depict a range of myocardial, septal, and other structural lesions. Myocardial Crypts Myocardial…
Key Points ▪ There have been few studies of the yield and contribution of CCT to the evaluation of infective endocarditis, but vegetations can be imaged, and several structural complications…
Key Points ▪ CCT is a superb test for assessing the structural aspects of pericardial diseases, including thickening, calcification, effusion, cysts, absence, masses, and malignancy. ▪ CCT is a poor…
Key Points ▪ Cardiac CT is able to image both biologic and mechanical cardiac valve prostheses. ▪ Helical CCT scanning enables recognition of normal or impaired occluder motion. ▪ Thrombus…
Key Points ▪ Helical cardiac CT scanning is able to accurately determine the volumes of the cardiac chambers and ventricular ejection fraction. ▪ The high spatial resolution of CCT is…
Key Points ▪ Cardiac CT is able to image aortic valve morphology and to depict aortic valve area by planimetry. ▪ CCT is able to depict the stenotic orifice of…
