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Europace 2008 10(Supplement 3):iii110-iii113; doi:10.1093/europace/eun236
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Published on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology. All rights reserved. © The Author 2008. For permissions please email: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org

This article appears in the following Europace issue: Spotlight Issue: Cardiac Imaging in EP and CRT [View the issue table of contents]

IMAGING IN CRT

Magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography in assessing cardiac veins and scar tissue

Nico R. Van de Veire*, Joanne D. Schuijf, Gabe B. Bleeker, Martin J. Schalij and Jeroen J. Bax

Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Postbox 9600, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands

The success of cardiac resynchronization therapy is influenced by several issues including cardiac venous anatomy and myocardial scar tissue. This article discusses non-invasive imaging modalities that could contribute significantly to the selection process of cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) candidates: multi-slice computed tomography to depict the coronary sinus tributaries and magnetic resonance imaging to identify scar tissue.

Key Words: Cardiac resynchronization therapy, Viability, Coronary sinus, Multi-slice computed tomography, Magnetic resonance imaging

* Corresponding author. Tel: +31 71 5262020; fax: +31 071 5266809. E-mail address: N.R.L.van_de_Veire{at}lumc.nl


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