ArticleJournal of nuclear cardiology : official publication of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology2021
A novel approach to the selection of an appropriate pacing position for optimal cardiac resynchronization therapy using CT coronary venography and myocardial perfusion imaging: FIVE STaR method (fusion image using CT coronary venography and perfusion SPECT applied for cardiac resynchronization therapy).
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- Impaired Cardiac Sympathetic Innervation Increases the Risk of Cardiac Events in Heart Failure Patients with Left Ventricular Hypertrophy and Mechanical Dyssynchrony.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Article
- Spatiotemporal registration and fusion of transthoracic echocardiography and volumetric coronary artery tree.International journal of computer assisted radiology and surgery · 2021Article
- Gated SPECT MPI and CT venography fusion: A new approach for appropriate CRT-pacemaker lead placement?Journal of nuclear cardiology : official publication of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology · 2021Article
- Synergistic prognostication of left ventricular hypertrophy and three-dimensional mechanical dyssynchrony in heart failure.ESC heart failure · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundNearly one-third of patients with advanced heart failure (HF) do not benefit from cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT). We developed a novel approach for optimizing CRT via a simultaneous assessment of the myocardial viability and an appropriate lead position using a fusion technique with CT coronary venography and myocardial perfusion imaging. METHODS AND
resultsThe myocardial viability and coronary venous anatomy were evaluated by resting Tc-99m-tetrofosmin myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) and contrast CT venography, respectively. Using fusion images reconstructed by MPI and CT coronary venography, the pacing site and lead length were determined for appropriate CRT device implantations in 4 HF patients. The efficacy of this method was estimated by the symptomatic and echocardiographic functional parameters. In all patients, fusion images using MPI and CT coronary venograms were successfully reconstructed without any misregistration and contributed to an effective CRT. Before the surgery, this method enabled the operators to precisely identify the optimal indwelling site, which exhibited myocardial viability and had a lead length necessary for an appropriate device implantation.
conclusionsThe fusion image technique using myocardial perfusion imaging and CT coronary venography is clinically feasible and promising for CRT optimization and enhancing the patient safety in patients with advanced HF.
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