Volume-rendering and endocardial views of partially unroofed coronary sinus with 64-slice multidetector CT

Received 22 January 2009; accepted 20 May 2009. published online 22 June 2009.

Abstract

We diagnosed unroofed coronary sinus preoperatively by the 3D volume rendering and endocardial views with 64-slice MDCT, and those clearly showed the defect of the roof of the coronary sinus and the relationship with the surrounding structure. MDCT is a good non-invasive tool for the evaluation of unroofed coronary sinus, and the reconstructed endocardial view is useful for preoperative surgical planning.

Keywords: 3-Dimensional image, Endocardial view, Multidetector CT, Unroofed coronary sinus, Volume-rendering view

a Department of Radiology, Hokkaido University Hospital, Kita 15, Nishi 7, Kita-ku, Sapporo 0608638, Japan

b Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hokkaido University Hospital, Kita 15, Nishi 7, Kita-ku, Sapporo 0608638, Japan

Corresponding author.

Conflict of interest: The authors report no conflicts of interest.

PII: S1934-5925(09)00266-4

doi:10.1016/j.jcct.2009.05.017

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