Role of 16-multidetector computed tomography in the assessment of coronary artery stenoses: A prospective study of consecutive patients.

Background: Recent studies have demonstrated a high sensitivity (S) of 16-multidetector computed tomography (16-MDCT) for the detection of significant coronary artery stenoses. Whether these results are applicable to clinical practice is unclear. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to compare 16-MDCT angiography with conventional coronary angiography (CCA) for the detection of significant coronary artery stenoses in a consecutive series of patients.

Is there a relation between non-calcifying coronary plaques and acute coronary syndromes? A retrospective study using multislice computed tomography.

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to assess whether different coronary plaque types as classified by multislice computed tomography (CT) are retrospectively correlated with acute coronary syndromes (ACS) in an unselected study population.

Methods: Sixty-three consecutive patients were examined with 16-slice CT coronary angiography. Coronary plaque types were classified as calcifying type 1, mixed (calcifying > non-calcifying) type 2, mixed (non-calcifying > calcifying) type 3, and non-calcifying type 4.

Ultrasound of prostate cancer: recent advances.

Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men. In the future, a significant further increase in the incidence of prostate cancer is expected. Therefore, improvement of prostate cancer diagnosis is a main topic of diagnostic imaging.

Fusion of multislice computed tomography and electroanatomical mapping data for 3D navigation of left and right atrial catheter ablation.

Purpose: To assess whether fusion of multislice computed tomography (CT) images with electroanatomical (EA)-mapping data using a new image integration module (CartoMerge) is feasible and accurate to navigate ablation catheters in right and left atrial catheter ablation.

Material And Methods: Twenty-four patients were examined with ECG-gated cardiac multislice CT (64 mm x 0.6mm, 0.

Diagnostic performance of 64-slice computed tomography in evaluation of coronary artery bypass grafts.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to compare the diagnostic accuracy of 64-slice CT with that of invasive angiography in the detection of greater than 50% graft stenosis within 2 weeks of coronary artery bypass grafting and to investigate the clinical value of 64-slice CT.

Subjects And Methods: Forty-one patients (70 grafts, 46 arterial and 24 venous) underwent 64-slice CT a mean of 2.6 years after minimally invasive or conventional coronary artery bypass surgery.