Using ECG-Gated Multidetector CT to Evaluate Global Left Ventricular Myocardial Function in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease

Abstract

Multiplanar reformations from three-dimensional MDCT data allowed good delineation of endocardial and epicardial left ventricular contours. In patients evaluated for coronary artery disease, MDCT coronary angiography with retrospective ECG gating provides functional data in an acceptable correlation (r = 0.8; p < 0.05) to biplane cineventriculography.