filtered by: All Types » All Clinical Topics » All Hot Topics » ischemia

Dynamic, Quantitative Myocardial Stress CT Perfusion Imaging: Initial Clinical Experience

posted by U. Joseph Schoepf, M.D. | Jul 8, 2011
U. Joseph Schoepf, M.D.

CT may have potential for the integrative assessment of all aspects of coronary artery disease including coronary artery morphology, cardiac function, perfusion, and viability with a single modality. Read more

Adenosine-Stress Dual Energy CT Myocardial Perfusion Imaging with Second Generation DSCT: Correlation with Single-Photon Emission CT and Cardiac MRI

posted by U. Joseph Schoepf, M.D. | Jan 20, 2011
U. Joseph Schoepf, M.D.

Compared with SPECT, DECT showed more accurate detection rates for reversible and fixed perfusion defects seen on cMRI, and revealed higher agreement for identifying the type of perfusion defect. Read more

Coronary artery disease: Which degree of coronary artery stenosis is indicative of ischemia?

posted by Hatem Alkadhi, M.D. | Jan 18, 2011
Hatem Alkadhi, M.D.

To prospectively determine the best cut-off value of stenosis degree for low-dose CT coronary angiography to predict the hemodynamic significance of coronary artery stenoses compared to catheter angiography using a cardiac MR based approach as standard of reference. Read more