Contrast-enhanced computed tomography in the venous rather than the arterial phase is essential for the evaluation of the right phrenic nerve.
Toshihiko TsujiDaisetsu AoyamaTomokazu IshidaRyohei NomuraShota KakehashiMoe MukaiKanae HasegawaHiroyasu UzuiHiroshi TadaPublished in: Pacing and clinical electrophysiology : PACE (2023)
Contrast-enhanced CT images of the venous phase, rather than the arterial phase, are useful in detecting the right PBs, especially in patients with heart failure or reduced left ventricular ejection fraction.
Keyphrases
- contrast enhanced
- computed tomography
- diffusion weighted
- magnetic resonance imaging
- ejection fraction
- magnetic resonance
- aortic stenosis
- diffusion weighted imaging
- dual energy
- left ventricular
- positron emission tomography
- heart failure
- deep learning
- image quality
- acute myocardial infarction
- transcatheter aortic valve replacement
- optical coherence tomography
- hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- acute coronary syndrome
- machine learning
- coronary artery disease
- cardiac resynchronization therapy
- pet ct