Emergency Medicine: Open Access
Open Access
ISSN: 2165-7548
ISSN: 2165-7548
Johannes Heverhagen
Switzerland
Research Article
Assessment of Acute Cardiac Function via Post-Resuscitation Triple-Rule-Out Computed Tomography
Author(s): Andreas Kattner, Sufian S Ahmad, Alexander Benedikt Leichtle, Georg-Martin Fiedler, Aristomenis K Exadaktylos, Johannes Heverhagen and Dominik G HaiderAndreas Kattner, Sufian S Ahmad, Alexander Benedikt Leichtle, Georg-Martin Fiedler, Aristomenis K Exadaktylos, Johannes Heverhagen and Dominik G Haider
Background: In patients with return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) after resuscitation, the current gold standard for assessing acute cardiac function is cardiac echocardiography. However, its use may be limited in acute critically ill patients by delays, interobserver discrepancies or the varying priorities of radiographic examinations. We now report that standardised acute cardiac function in these patients can be assessed with triple rule out thoracic (TRO) computed tomography. Methods and patients: We retrospectively analysed cardiac function in all patients with ROSC after resuscitation and who underwent acute computed tomography between 01/2013 and 01/2015 with a new post processing software client after TRO- computed tomography angiography (n=15). The syngo-CT-cardiac-function-client (syngo.via VA 20, Siemens, Erlangen, Germany) was used to measure ejection fraction, myocar.. View More»
DOI:
10.4172/2165-7548.1000346