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Cardiac Veins and Pulmonary Veins

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Clinical Applications of Cardiac CT

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In the field of noncoronary applications of cardiac CT the study of the cardiac and pulmonary veins is of great use for the cardiologist, the former particularly in patients with heart failure who require electrical resynchronization of the cardiac chambers (cardiac resynchronization therapy or biventricular pacing) and the latter in patients scheduled to undergo a catheter ablation procedure. Noninvasive cardiac imaging has the task of compiling an anatomic roadmap to render the interventional procedures more effective and efficient. Unlike the study of the coronary arteries, the aim is not to detect disease, but rather to accurately outline the regional anatomy, an objective which can be achieved thanks to the elevated spatial and temporal resolution of multidetector computed tomography (MDCT).

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    Maurizio Centonze, Giulia Casagranda, Maurizio Del Greco & Andrea Laudon

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Centonze, M., Casagranda, G., Del Greco, M., Laudon, A., Cristoforetti, A., Nollo, G. (2012). Cardiac Veins and Pulmonary Veins. In: Cademartiri, F., Casolo, G., Midiri, M. (eds) Clinical Applications of Cardiac CT. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-2522-6_17

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