Cardiovascular Computed Tomographic Angiography as a Virtual Patient Avatar for Individualized Surgical Planning of
Jerold S Shinbane1, Craig Baker2, Farhood Saremi3
11 Division of Cardiovascular Medicine/Cardiovascular Thoracic Institute, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Abstract:
Cardiovascular computed tomographic angiography (CCTA) 3-D thoracic reconstruction can serve as a "virtual patient avatar" providing surgical views for approach to complex anomalous coronary artery anatomy. Images demonstrated a single coronary artery ostium arising from the right aortic sinus with trifurcation into a prepulmonic left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD), an interarterial circumflex with a subsequent intraseptal course, and normal course of the right coronary artery. Virtual 3-D CCTA reconstructions were important to planning an incisional plane for surgical correction.
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