Potential uses of computed tomography for management of heart failure patients with dyssynchrony. Review uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • Cardiac resynchronization therapy has become an integral part in the step-care approach to manage patients with heart failure. Cardiac imaging remains central to appropriate patient selection and optimal left ventricular lead placement, both of which are important determinants of response to cardiac resynchronization therapy. One of the biggest limitations with current imaging modalities is the inability of a single technique to address each, the anatomic (venous anatomy), mechanical (dyssynchrony), and structural (extent of scar location) issues accompanying cardiomyopathy. We present here the potential concept of using cardiac computed tomography as a single modality to acquire functional and anatomic information, and also to show the possibility of integrating this with real time fluoroscopy.

publication date

  • September 1, 2008

Research

keywords

  • Arrhythmias, Cardiac
  • Heart Failure
  • Radiographic Image Enhancement
  • Radiography, Interventional
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Identity

PubMed Central ID

  • PMC3733254

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 58149123969

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1097/HPC.0b013e318178eaa5

PubMed ID

  • 18791407

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 7

issue

  • 3