Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography
Volume 3, Issue 6 , Pages 415-416, November 2009

Use of electrocardiographic-gated 4-dimensional CT to assess patency of abdominal aortic branch vessels in type B dissection

  • Michael A. Bolen, MD

      Affiliations

    • Imaging Institute, Cardiovascular Section, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue/J1-4, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
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  • Tara M. Mastracci, MD

      Affiliations

    • Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA
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  • Paul Schoenhagen, MD

      Affiliations

    • Imaging Institute, Cardiovascular Section, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue/J1-4, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA
    • Cardiovascular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA

Received 31 May 2009; accepted 5 October 2009. published online 15 October 2009.

Abstract 

CT plays an important role in the evaluation of suspected aortic dissection. In this case, use of ECG gating and 4D imaging demonstrated of dynamically changing perfusion to an abdominal aortic visceral branch vessel in a type B dissection.

Keywords: Aortic dissection, ECG gating, Multidetector-row computed tomography, Visceral vessels

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

 Supplementary material for this article may be found at http://www.CardiacCTjournal.com.

PII: S1934-5925(09)00507-3

doi:10.1016/j.jcct.2009.10.001

Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography
Volume 3, Issue 6 , Pages 415-416, November 2009

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