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Optimal image reconstruction using multidetector‐row computed tomography to facilitate cardiac resynchronization therapy
Author(s) -
Izawa Yu,
Mori Shumpei,
Nishii Tatsuya,
Matsuzoe Hiroki,
Imada Hiroshi,
Suehiro Hideya,
Nakayama Kazuhiko,
Matsumoto Kensuke,
Tanaka Hidekazu,
Fujiwara Sei,
Fukuzawa Koji,
Hirata Kenichi
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
echocardiography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1540-8175
pISSN - 0742-2822
DOI - 10.1111/echo.13571
Subject(s) - cardiac resynchronization therapy , medicine , multidetector computed tomography , fluoroscopy , radiology , cardiology , tomography , computed tomography , heart failure , ejection fraction
Preprocedural recognition of the segment of latest mechanical contraction along with the anatomy of the coronary venous system is important for successful and effective cardiac resynchronization therapy. We present a case of ischemic cardiomyopathy who underwent implantation of a cardiac resynchronization therapy device with a defibrillator, which was facilitated by preprocedural computed tomographic images reconstructed to visualize the left ventricular slab and the coronary venous system simultaneously on the cardiac contour. The present reconstruction method using computed tomography is optimal and feasible method to incorporate the echocardiographic findings into the procedure performed under fluoroscopy appropriately.