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Images in cardio-thoracic surgery

Cardiac fusion image from myocardial perfusion scintigraphy and 64-slice computed tomography before and after coronary artery bypass grafting

Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Shin-Koga Hospital, 120 Tenjin-cho, Kurume, Fukuoka 830-8577, Japan

Received 21 November 2008; received in revised form 4 February 2009; accepted 16 February 2009.

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Key Words: Fusion image • Myocardial perfusion scintigraphy • 64-Slice computed tomography • Coronary artery bypass grafting

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A 69-year-old male patient with normal left ventricular function underwent off-pump CABG. Novel cardiac fusion images from dipyridamole stress myocardial perfusion scintigraphy and 64-slice CT demonstrated patent bypass grafts associated with the improvement in myocardial ischemia of the anterior, the apical, and the inferior wall (. . . [Full Text of this Article]