Myocardial Extracellular Volume Measurement Using Cardiac Computed Tomography

Overview

Journal Int J Cardiovasc Imaging

Publisher Springer

Specialty Radiology

Date 2024 Oct 14

PMID 39400790

Authors

Rahul G Muthalaly

Timothy Abrahams

Andrew Lin

Kush Patel

Sean Tan

Damini Dey

DongHee Han

Balaji K Tamarappoo

Stephen J Nicholls

Nitesh Nerlekar

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Abstract

Myocardial fibrosis is a common endpoint of many cardiac diseases and increasingly recognized as a predictor of heart failure, arrhythmia, and death. Recent studies have utilised cardiac computed tomography (CT) scans with delayed phase imaging to quantify diffuse fibrosis of the myocardium. CT extracellular volume (CT-ECV) measurement correlates well with CMR and histological myocardial fibrosis. Furthermore, CT-ECV predicts outcomes such as death, heart failure and arrhythmia in various disease states. This review summarizes the rationale and methodology behind CT-ECV measurement and provides a detailed summary of the current clinical evidence for the use of CT-ECV.

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