Myocardial Extracellular Volume Fraction with Dual-Energy Equilibrium Contrast-enhanced Cardiac CT in Nonischemic Cardiomyopathy: A Prospective Comparison with Cardiac MR Imaging

• Published in: Radiology Vol. 280; no. 1; pp. 49 - 57
• Main Authors: Lee, Hye-Jeong, Im, Dong Jin, Youn, Jong-Chan, Chang, Suyon, Suh, Young Joo, Hong, Yoo Jin, Kim, Young Jin, Hur, Jin, Choi, Byoung Wook
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.07.2016
• Subjects: Cardiomyopathies - diagnostic imaging; Contrast Media; Feasibility Studies; Female; Heart - diagnostic imaging; Humans; Magnetic Resonance Imaging - methods; Male; Middle Aged; Myocardium - pathology; Prospective Studies; Radiographic Image Enhancement - methods; Radiography, Dual-Energy Scanned Projection - methods; Reproducibility of Results; Tomography, X-Ray Computed - methods

Purpose To evaluate the feasibility of equilibrium contrast material-enhanced dual-energy cardiac computed tomography (CT) to determine extracellular volume fraction (ECV) in nonischemic cardiomyopathy (CMP) compared with magnetic resonance (MR) imaging. Materials and Methods This study was approved...