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Assessment of myocardial perfusion and viability from routine contrast-enhanced 16-detector-row computed tomography of the heart: preliminary results

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To assess the diagnostic accuracy of 16-detector-row computed tomography (16DCT) of the heart in the assessment of myocardial perfusion and viability in comparison to stress perfusion magnetic resonance imaging (SP-MRI) and delayed-enhancement magnetic resonance imaging (DE-MRI). A number of 30 patients underwent both 16DCT and MRI of the heart. Contrast-enhanced 16DCT data sets were reviewed for areas of myocardium with reduced attenuation. Both CT and MRI data were examined by independent reviewers for the presence of myocardial perfusion defects or myocardial infarctions (MI). Volumetric analysis of the hypoperfusion areas in CT and the infarct sizes in DE-MRI were performed. According to MRI, myocardial infarctions were detected in 11 of 30 cases, and perfusion defects not corresponding to an MI were detected in six of 30 patients. CTA was able to detect ten of 11 MI correctly (sensitivity 91%, specificity 79%, accuracy 83%), and detected three of six hypoperfusions correctly (sensitivity 50%, specificity 92%, accuracy 79%). Assessing the volume of perfusion defects correlating to history of MI on the CT images, a systematic underestimation of the true infarct size as compared to the results of DE-MRI was found (P<0.01). Routine, contrast-enhanced 16-detector row CT of the heart can detect chronic myocardial infarctions in the majority of cases, but ischemic perfusion defects are not reliably detected under resting conditions.

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  1. Department of Clinical Radiology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Munich, Germany

    Konstantin Nikolaou, Bernd J. Wintersperger, Maximilian F. Reiser & Christoph R. Becker

  2. Zena and Michael A. Wiener Cardiovascular Institute, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA

    Konstantin Nikolaou, Javier Sanz, Michael Poon & Teresa Rius

  3. Departments of Radiology and Cardiology, Imaging Science Laboratories, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA

    Konstantin Nikolaou & Zahi A. Fayad

  4. Department of Cardiology, Cabrini Medical Center, New York, NY, USA

    Michael Poon

  5. Siemens Medical Solutions, Forchheim, Germany

    Bernd Ohnesorge

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Dr. Sanz’s work is supported in part by a Research Grant (“Beca para la Formación en Investigación Post-Residencia”) from the Spanish Society of Cardiology.

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Nikolaou, K., Sanz, J., Poon, M. et al. Assessment of myocardial perfusion and viability from routine contrast-enhanced 16-detector-row computed tomography of the heart: preliminary results. Eur Radiol 15, 864–871 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00330-005-2672-6

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