In Vivo Assessment of Ergonovine-Induced Coronary Artery Spasm by 64-Slice Multislice Computed Tomography
Author(s) -
Tsuyoshi Ito,
Mitsuyasu Terashima,
Hideaki Kaneda,
Kenya Nasu,
Mariko Ehara,
Yoshihisa Kinoshita,
Tatsuya Itô,
Masashi Kimura,
Nobuyoshi Tanaka,
Maoto Habara,
Etsuo Tsuchikane,
Takahiko Suzuki
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
circulation cardiovascular imaging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.584
H-Index - 99
eISSN - 1942-0080
pISSN - 1941-9651
DOI - 10.1161/circimaging.111.967075
Subject(s) - ergonovine , medicine , cardiology , multislice , artery , hounsfield scale , angina , ergometrine , stenosis , radiology , computed tomography , myocardial infarction
The potential of multislice CT (MSCT) to predict coronary spasm has not been elucidated. The aim of this study was to investigate whether the morphological features observed on MSCT at the site of ergonovine-induced epicardial spasm could be used as diagnostic criteria for coronary spasm.
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