Diagnostic value of the 16-detector row multislice spiral computed tomography for the detection of coronary artery stenosis in comparison to invasive coronary angiography.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to determine the diagnostic accuracy of 16-slice multislice spiral computed tomography (MSCT) of the coronaries and to provide data in a real clinical setting. Previous 16-slice MSCT studies presented data excluding patients with calcification, vessels of < 1.5 or 2 mm, and segments with impaired image quality.

Value of gadolinium-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging in patients with Tako-Tsubo-like left ventricular dysfunction.

We present gadolinium-enhanced cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMRI) in Tako-Tsubo-like left ventricular dysfunction showing the findings in acute phase and in follow-up. Gadolinium-enhanced CMRI allows to distinguish between myocardial infarction and other myocardial alterations, e.g.

Cardiac angiosarcoma diagnosed and characterized by cardiac magnetic resonance imaging.

Primary cardiac malignancies are rare. New imaging methods like cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) play an important role in the early diagnosis and differentiation of cardiac masses. By presenting the case of a 63-year-old woman with an angiosarcoma of the right atrium and its characteristic findings on cardiac MRI, the role of this new imaging method is emphasized.