Acute left circumflex coronary artery occlusion detected on nongated CT

Netanel S. Berko; Elana T. Clark; Jeffrey M. Levsky

doi:10.1016/j.clinimag.2015.05.007

Acute left circumflex coronary artery occlusion detected on nongated CT

Netanel S. Berko, Elana T. Clark, Jeffrey M. Levsky

Radiology

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Abstract

We describe a patient with chest pain and a nondiagnostic electrocardiogram in whom computed tomographic (CT) aortography demonstrated myocardial hypoperfusion in the distribution of the circumflex artery as well as an abrupt cutoff of contrast in the left circumflex artery. Subsequent cardiac catheterization confirmed occlusion of the circumflex artery and led to revascularization. The diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction on CT can dramatically alter the clinical management of a patient, especially in cases in which other tests are equivocal.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	897-900
Number of pages	4
Journal	Clinical Imaging
Volume	39
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clinimag.2015.05.007
State	Published - Sep 1 2015

Keywords

CT
Hypoperfusion
Left circumflex coronary artery
Myocardial infarction

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Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging

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