Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

From stenosis imaging to functional imaging: a new horizon of coronary computed tomography

  • Editorial Comment
  • Published:
The International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging Aims and scope Submit manuscript

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

References

  1. Meijboom WB, Meijs MF, Schuijf JD et al (2008) Diagnostic accuracy of 64-slice computed tomography coronary angiography: a prospective, multicenter, multivendor study. J Am Coll Cardiol 52:2135–2144

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  2. Budoff MJ, Dowe D, Jollis JG et al (2008) Diagnostic performance of 64-multidetector row coronary computed tomographic angiography for evaluation of coronary artery stenosis in individuals without known coronary artery disease: results from the prospective multicenter ACCURACY (Assessment by coronary computed tomographic angiography of individuals undergoing invasive coronary angiography) trial. J Am Coll Cardiol 52:1724–1732

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  3. Miller JM, Rochitte CE, Dewey M et al (2008) Diagnostic performance of coronary angiography by 64-row CT. N Engl J Med 359:2324–2336

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  4. Hadamitzky M, Freissmuth B, Meyer T et al (2009) Prognostic value of coronary computed tomographic angiography for prediction of cardiac events in patients with suspected coronary artery disease. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging 2:404–411

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  5. Patel MR, Peterson ED, Dai D et al (2010) Low diagnostic yield of elective coronary angiography. N Engl J Med 362:886–895

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  6. Mahajan N, Polavaram L, Vankayala H et al (2010) Diagnostic accuracy of myocardial perfusion imaging and stress echocardiography for the diagnosis of left main and triple vessel coronary artery disease: a comparative meta-analysis. Heart 96:956–966

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  7. Blankstein R, Di Carli MF (2010) Integration of coronary anatomy and myocardial perfusion imaging. Nat Rev Cardiol 7:226–236

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  8. Tonino PA, Fearon WF, De Bruyne B et al (2010) Angiographic versus functional severity of coronary artery stenoses in the FAME study fractional flow reserve versus angiography in multivessel evaluation. J Am Coll Cardiol 55:2816–2821

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  9. Kajander S, Joutsiniemi E, Saraste M et al (2010) Cardiac positron emission tomography/computed tomography imaging accurately detects anatomically and functionally significant coronary artery disease. Circulation 122:603–613

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  10. Achenbach S, Moselewski F, Ropers D et al (2004) Detection of calcified and noncalcified coronary atherosclerotic plaque by contrast-enhanced, submillimeter multidetector spiral computed tomography: a segment-based comparison with intravascular ultrasound. Circulation 109:14–17

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  11. Krug KB, Bovenschulte H, Geissler HJ et al (2009) In vivo measurements of coronary blood flow using 16-slice multidetector spiral computed tomography (MDCT) in a porcine model. Rofo 181:220–229

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  12. Steigner ML, Mitsouras D, Whitmore AG et al (2010) Iodinated contrast opacification gradients in normal coronary arteries imaged with prospectively ECG-gated single heart beat 320-detector row computed tomography. Circ Cardiovasc Imaging 3:179–186

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  13. Lackner K, Bovenschulte H, Stutzer H et al. (2010) In vitro measurements of flow using multislice computed tomography (MSCT). Int J Cardiovasc Imaging (in press)

  14. Blankstein R, Shturman LD, Rogers IS et al (2009) Adenosine-induced stress myocardial perfusion imaging using dual-source cardiac computed tomography. J Am Coll Cardiol 54:1072–1084

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  15. Frauenfelder T, Boutsianis E, Schertler T et al (2007) In vivo flow simulation in coronary arteries based on computed tomography datasets: feasibility and initial results. Eur Radiol 17:1291–1300

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Cardiovascular Imaging Center, Cardiac and Vascular Center, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, 50 Irwon-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, 135-710, Republic of Korea

    Jin-Ho Choi

  2. Department of Radiology, Cardiovascular Imaging Center, Cardiac and Vascular Center, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, 50 Irwon-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, 135-710, Republic of Korea

    Yeon Hyeon Choe

  3. Department of Cardiology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY, USA

    James K. Min

Authors
  1. Jin-Ho Choi
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Yeon Hyeon Choe
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. James K. Min
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Jin-Ho Choi.

Additional information

Editorial comment on to the article of Lackner et al. (doi:10.1007/s10554-010-9728-7).

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Choi, JH., Choe, Y.H. & Min, J.K. From stenosis imaging to functional imaging: a new horizon of coronary computed tomography. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging 27, 1045–1047 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10554-010-9751-8

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10554-010-9751-8

Keywords

Search

Navigation