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Evaluation of left ventricular function using volumetric computed tomography in the clinical setting.
de la Peña-Almaguer, Erasmo; Trevino, Alejandro R; Sierra-Galan, Lilia; Azpiri-Lopez, José R; Assad-Morell, José L; Kirsch, Jacobo; Chang, Su Min.
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  • de la Peña-Almaguer E; Cátedra de Cardiología, Departamento de Investigación Básica y Transferencia, Instituto de Cardiología y Medicina Vascular, Hospital Zambrano Helión, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Escuela de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud, San Pedro Garza García, Nuevo León, Mexico. Electronic address: edelapena@itesm.
  • Trevino AR; Cátedra de Cardiología, Departamento de Cardiología, Hospital San José, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Escuela de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico.
  • Sierra-Galan L; Imagen Cardiovascular, Departamento de Cardiología, Centro Médico ABC, México, D.F., Mexico.
  • Azpiri-Lopez JR; Departamento de Cardiología, Hospital Christus Muguerza Alta Especialidad, Universidad de Monterrey, Escuela de Medicina, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico.
  • Assad-Morell JL; Departamento de Cardiología, Hospital Christus Muguerza Alta Especialidad, Universidad de Monterrey, Escuela de Medicina, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico.
  • Kirsch J; Cardiovascular Imaging, Department of Radiology, Cleveland Clinic Florida Hospital, Cleveland Clinic, Weston, FL, United States.
  • Chang SM; Cardiovascular Imaging, Department of Cardiology, DeBakey Heart and Vascular Center, The Methodist Hospital, Weill Cornell College of Medicine, Houston, TX, United States.
Arch Cardiol Mex ; 86(1): 79-84, 2016.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26347224
OBJECTIVE: To correlate the left ventricular parameters obtained with 64-slice Volumetric Computed Tomography (VCT) with those obtained with the reference standard, cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging. METHODS: VCT and a 3.0T MRI scanner were used. Results from both studies were independently evaluated by two cardiologists. A linear correlation and a paired Student's t test were used to analyze the data with a P<0.05 being considered significant. RESULTS: Thirty consecutive patients were evaluated with VCT and CMR. The left ventricular indices for CMR and VCT were, respectively, mass 86.4±25.8 vs. 82.7±27.6g (P=0.31); ESV 45.5±27.8 vs. 48.7±40.4ml (P=.405); EDV 101.3±32.7 vs. 105.1±44.0ml (P=0.475); SV 55.9±16.1 vs. 56.8±15.6ml (P=0.713); LVEF 57.5±13.2% vs. 56.9±12.4% (P=0.630). No differences in intraobserver variability for both methods were found, CT r=0.96, r(2)=0.92 P<0.0001 and MR r=0.96 r(2)=0.93 P<0.0001. There was no significant statistical difference in the presence of artifacts. CONCLUSION: There is a close correlation between CMRI and VCT in the evaluation of LV function. VCT is as useful as 3T CMR, and could be incorporated as another resource for evaluating LV function.
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Doença da Artéria Coronariana / Imageamento por Ressonância Magnética / Função Ventricular Esquerda / Tomografia Computadorizada de Feixe Cônico Limite: Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged Idioma: En Revista: Arch Cardiol Mex Assunto da revista: CARDIOLOGIA Ano de publicação: 2016 Tipo de documento: Article País de publicação: México

Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Doença da Artéria Coronariana / Imageamento por Ressonância Magnética / Função Ventricular Esquerda / Tomografia Computadorizada de Feixe Cônico Limite: Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged Idioma: En Revista: Arch Cardiol Mex Assunto da revista: CARDIOLOGIA Ano de publicação: 2016 Tipo de documento: Article País de publicação: México