Evaluation of coronary artery disease by computed tomography angiography in patients treated for childhood Hodgkin's lymphoma.

PURPOSE To detect pathologies in coronary arteries by computed tomography angiography (CTA) in survivors of childhood Hodgkin's lymphoma who have been treated with radiotherapy and/or cardiotoxic agents. PATIENTS AND METHODS Patients with HL who have been in remission for at least 2 years after completion of therapy were included. CBC, lipid profile, urine analysis, brain natriuretic peptide, troponin-T, creatinine kinase-myocardial band, ECG, telecardiography, echocardiography, and CTA of the patients were performed.

Myocardial bridging as evaluated by 16 row MDCT.

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to find out the prevalence, appearance and clinical symptoms of myocardial bridging (MB) by MDCT coronary angiography (CTA).

Materials And Methods: A total of 280 (50 females) consecutive patients followed with coronary artery disease or postoperative stent and bypass control, underwent CTA performed by 16-MDCT scanner between January 2006 and April 2006. Short axis multiplanar reformatted images were evaluated.

Myocardial delayed enhancement imaging: comparison of two-dimensional and three-dimensional inversion prepared fast gradient echo and steady state free precession sequences.

We compared two-dimensional (2D) and three-dimensional (3D) inversion recovery prepared (IR) fast gradient echo (FGRE) and steady state free precession (SSFP) sequences used in myocardial delayed enhancement imaging. Twenty patients with a prior history of acute coronary syndrome were included in this study. Breath hold, ECG gated, segmented 2D and 3D IR_FGRE and SSFP sequences were acquired after intravenous administration of 0.