@Article{Wierzbicki2010,
journal="Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska/Polish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery",
issn="1731-5530",
volume="7",
number="2",
year="2010",
title="Techniki obrazowaniaOwn experience in application of the dual source computer tomography for epicardial coronary arteries evaluation in the transplanted heart:  a pilot study",
abstract=" Background:   Graft vasculopathy is still one of the most important limiting factors for long-term survival after heart transplantation (HTX). Standard diagnostic methods of vasculopathy are invasive procedures: coronary angiography and intravascular ultrasound (IVUS).   Aim:   Evaluation of feasibility of a non-invasive test, i.e. the Dual Source Computed Tomography (DSCT) in the assessment of epicardial coronary arteries stenoses in the transplanted heart.   Material and methods:   DSCT was performed in 15 patients (12 males, 3 females), age between 37 and 75 years, mean age 57.5 \±10.2 years, being followed-up between 3 and 17 years, on average 11.6 \±3.5 years after heart transplantation.    Results:   202 segments of epicardial coronary arteries were assessed altogether in 15 patients after HTX (average 13 seg-ments/pts). DSCT imaging allowed diagnosis of typical vasculopathy changes in 7 patients. The standard atherosclerosis was predominant in 4 patients. In 4 patients, DSCT revealed mixed changes.   Conclusions:   DSCT is a safe, well-tolerated and reliable tool in the qualitative and quantitative assessment of epicardial coro-nary arteries of the transplanted heart.",
author="Wierzbicki, Karol
and Przybyłowski, Piotr
and Klimeczek, Piotr
and Milaniak, Irena
and Banyś, Robert P.
and Węgrzyn, Piotr
and Sobczyk, Dorota
and Krupiński, Maciej
and Pasowicz, Mieczysław
and Sadowski, Jerzy",
pages="191--196",
url="https://www.termedia.pl/Techniki-obrazowania-Own-experience-in-application-of-the-dual-source-computer-tomography-for-epicardial-coronary-arteries-evaluation-in-the-transplanted-heart-a-pilot-study,40,15029,1,1.html"
}