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Dual Source CT preceding cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT)

posted by Kai U. Juergens, M.D. | Mar 28, 2008
Kai U. Juergens, M.D.
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Case history 66-year-old man with two-vessel coronary artery disease, chronic myocardial infarction, and persistent atrial fibrillation. Question Assessment of cardiac morphology and left-ventricular function preceding cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) with implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) Diagnosis / Differential diagnosis Two-vessel coronary artery disease (CAD); chronic myocardial infarction with consecutive aneurysm of left-ventricular apex and adherent calcified thrombi Severely … Read more