ischemic heart disease, cardiomyopathy, heart failure, etc
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: The patients scheduled to undergo coronary CT angiogram for their treatment
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: No informed consent Contraindication for iodine contrast agent Pregnancy Not sinus rhythm or sinus rhythm with heart rate >65 bpm with contraindication for Beta blocker Not to be able to hold the breath =>10 seconds To be judged ineligible by the investigators
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| To develop a technique for quantifying and visualizing regional wall motion of the left ventricle using multi-detector computed tomography | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| To validate the outcomes comparing with other modalities (e.g. echocardiography, cardiac magnetic resonance imaging, cardiac scintigraphy) | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery