Items tagged “cardiac ct”
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Right coronary artery
The right coronary artery (RCA) is one of the two main coronary arteries that supply the heart with oxygenated blood.
Gross anatomy
Origin
The right coronary artery arises from its ostium in the right sinus of Valsalva, found between the aortic valve annulus and the sinotubular junction.
Co...
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Left atrial enlargement
Left atrial enlargement (LAE) may result from many conditions, either congenital or acquired. It has some characteristic findings on a frontal chest radiograph. CT or MRI may also be used for diagnosis.
Clinical presentation
An enlarged left atrium can have many clinical implications, such as:...
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Coronary artery bypass graft
A coronary artery bypass graft (CABG or CAG) is placed during a surgical procedure to increase blood flow to the myocardium due to coronary stenoses, usually caused by coronary artery disease. Arteries or veins can be grafted during this procedure.
Long term outcome of coronary artery bypass gr...
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Bridging of the left anterior descending artery
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25 Apr 2013
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Cardiac CT
Computed tomography of the heart or cardiac CT is routinely performed to gain knowledge about cardiac or coronary anatomy, to detect or diagnose coronary artery disease (CAD), to evaluate patency of coronary artery bypass grafts or implanted coronary stents or to evaluate volumetry and cardiac f...
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Arterial switch procedure
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26 Oct 2014
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Left-dominant coronary circulation
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28 Oct 2014
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Double oblique multiplanar reconstruction
Double oblique is a type of multiplanar reconstruction used in cardiac cross-sectional imaging. It is useful for an accurate assessment of the ascending aorta and aortic annulus, and is particularly useful for pre- and post-procedure evaluation of a transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR)....
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Patent foramen ovale
A patent foramen ovale (PFO) is a normal foetal interatrial connection which can persist into adult life. This can cause stroke due to paradoxical embolus.
Terminology
PFO is an anatomical variant due to persistence of a normal foetal structure rather than a malformation, in contradistinction ...
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Conus artery
The conus artery is a small early branch off the right coronary artery (RCA) circulation.
Gross anatomy
Supply
The artery has a variable distribution, but usually supplies a region of the anterior interventricular septum and the conus of the main pulmonary artery (hence its name).
Variant an...
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Supra-cardiac total anomalous pulmonary venous return (TAPVR)
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06 Mar 2015
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Circumflex artery
The circumflex artery (Cx) is one of the two major coronary arteries that arise from the bifurcation of the left main coronary artery (the other branch being the left anterior descending (LAD) artery).
Terminology
The circumflex artery can be referred to by multiple terms:
circumflex artery (...
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Anomalous left coronary artery arising from the pulmonary artery (ALCAPA)
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02 Jun 2015
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Truncus arteriosus
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06 Nov 2015
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Left ventricular pseudoaneurysm
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17 Nov 2016
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Coronary arteriovenous fistula
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14 Mar 2018
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Aberrant left main coronary artery (ALMCA) arising from the right sinus with interarterial course
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21 Sep 2018
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Anomalous origin of the left lower lobe artery from the right pulmonary artery
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22 Aug 2022
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Lipomatous hypertrophy of the inter-atrial septum
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22 Aug 2023
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