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Fatal myocardial infarction investigated using contrast‐enhanced postmortem computed tomography: A case report

Clinical Case Reports, 2023
Key Clinical Message Conventional autopsies are considered standard methods for clarifying cause of death. However, because of the increasing use of computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, and other diagnostic imaging techniques, autopsy imaging
Kohei Aoe, Yuichi Orita, Chikage Oshita, Shuji Date, Hiroki Teragawa   +4 more
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Dual-Source Photon-Counting Computed Tomography—Part I: Clinical Overview of Cardiac CT and Coronary CT Angiography Applications

Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2023
The photon-counting detector (PCD) is a new computed tomography detector technology (photon-counting computed tomography, PCCT) that provides substantial benefits for cardiac and coronary artery imaging.
Filippo Cademartiri, A. Meloni, L. Pistoia, Giulia Degiorgi, A. Clemente, C. D. Gori, V. Positano, S. Celi, S. Berti, M. Emdin, D. Panetta, L. Menichetti, Bruna Punzo, C. Cavaliere, E. Bossone, L. Saba, R. Cau, L. Grutta, E. Maffei   +18 more
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Stress testing and non-invasive coronary angiography in patients with suspected coronary artery disease: time for a new paradigm

Heart International, 2012
Diagnosis and management of coronary artery disease represents major challenges to our health care system, affecting millions of patients each year.
Armin Arbab-Zadeh
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Utility of Intracardiac Echocardiography to Diagnose Infective Endocarditis

Journal of Investigative Medicine High Impact Case Reports, 2019
Infective endocarditis (IE) can lead to significant morbidity and mortality without appropriate treatment. Modified Duke Criteria are accepted by many professional societies to establish the diagnosis of IE, and cardiac imaging is one of the major ...
Ying Chi Yang MD, Thein Tun Aung MD, FACC, Sarah Khan, Abdul Wase MD, FACC, FACP, FHRS   +3 more
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Evaluation of the Compatibility of Atrium and Ventricular Measurements in Thoracic Computerized Tomography and Coronary Computerized Tomography Angiography

Namık Kemal Tıp Dergisi, 2020
Aim: We aimed to evaluate the consistency of the measurements of diameter and area of cardiac chambers in coronary computed tomography angiography (CTA) and contrast-enhanced thoracic computed tomography (CT) images.Materials and Methods: 30 patients who
Fethi Emre USTABAŞIOĞLU, Cihan ÖZGÜR, Cesur SAMANCI, Derya KARABULUT, Nermin TUNÇBİLEK   +4 more
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Double Coronary–Cameral Fistula: Right Coronary Artery and Circumflex to Left Atrium

Annals of Internal Medicine: Clinical Cases, 2023
Coronary fistulas are an abnormal communication of the coronary arteries with the cardiac chambers or any vascular structure. Most are detected incidentally.
Mauricio Farias Hernandez, Roberto Hipólito Hernandez, Grecia Rosangela Perez Siller   +2 more
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Unveiling a rare case: Cardiac rupture secondary to acute occlusion of the distal left circumflex artery detected by contrast-enhanced spiral CT

Heliyon, 2023
A 79-year-old female patient was admitted to the hospital due to intense chest pain. Emergency percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) revealed an occlusion in the distal portion of the left circumflex artery (LCx).
Yiqing Hu, Junzhen Liu, Juying Qian, Hao Lu, Junbo Ge   +4 more
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Epicardial Adipose Tissue Is Associated with Plaque Burden and Composition and Provides Incremental Value for the Prediction of Cardiac Outcome. A Clinical Cardiac Computed Tomography Angiography Study

PLoS ONE, 2016
Objectives We sought to investigate the association of epicardial adipose tissue (eCAT) volume with plaque burden, circulating biomarkers and cardiac outcomes in patients with intermediate risk for coronary artery disease (CAD).
G. Gitsioudis, Christina Schmahl, A. Missiou, A. Voss, A. Schüssler, H. Abdel-Aty, S. Buss, D. Mueller, M. Vembar, M. Bryant, H. Kauczor, E. Giannitsis, H. Katus, G. Korosoglou   +13 more
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Anomalous left coronary artery with single ostium (Shared with Right Coronary Artery) detected by echocardiography: Two case reports

Cardiology Plus, 2018
Anomalous aortic origin of a coronary artery (AAOCA) from the inappropriate sinus of Valsalva has received increasing attention due to its association with malignant cardiac events in otherwise healthy and asymptomatic individuals. Despite this, we still
Yingjie Zhao, Yang Liu, Mengruo Zhu, Haiyan Chen, Cuizhen Pan, Xianhong Shu   +5 more
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Case report: Acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction and cardiogenic shock caused by a giant right sinus of Valsalva aneurysm and right coronary artery compression

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2022
A sinus of Valsalva aneurysm (SVA) is a rare aortic disease that may be congenital or acquired. Patients with an intact SVA are usually asymptomatic, whereas a ruptured SVA may cause acute chest pain and dyspnea.
Lianyue Ma, Jianmin Yang, Yan Liu, Fang Wang, Tongtao Liu, Ying Wang, Hourong Sun, Cheng Zhang, Yun Zhang   +8 more
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