Value of Image Fusion in Coronary Angiography for the Detection of Coronary Artery Bypass Grafts.

ABSTRACT: Coronary angiography is more complex in patients with coronary artery bypass grafts (CABG). Image fusion is a new technology that allows the overlay of a computed tomography (CT) three-dimension (3D) model with fluoroscopic images in real time. This single-center prospective study included 66 previous CABG patients undergoing coronary and bypass graft angiography. Image fusion coronary angiographies (fusion group, 20 patients) were compared to conventional coronary angiographies (control group, 46 patients). The fusion group included patients for whom a previous chest CT scan with contrast was available. For patients in this group, aorta and CABG were reconstructed in 3D from CT acquisitions and merged in real time with fluoroscopic images. The following parameters were compared: time need

SUBMITTER: Plessis J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4937242 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature