Comparison of coronary artery bypass graft imaging between 64-slice and 16-slice spiral CT / 中国医学科学院学报

ABSTRACT

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To compare the coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) imaging between 16-slice spiral CT and 64-slice spiral CT.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Totally 27 patients with CABG received multi-slice spiral CT imaging and the results were retrospectively analyzed. Among them, 8 patients received 16-slice spiral CT scanning, 19 patients received 64-slice spiral CT scanning.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The evaluability rates of 64-slice spiral CT in evaluating the proximal anastomosis, bypass graft, distal anastomosis, and distal blood vessel were 100%, 100%, 90.2%, and 93.9%, respectively, while those of 16-slice spiral CT were 92.3%, 95.2%, 90.0%, and 90.0%, respectively. The patency rates of the above four aspects of 64-slice spiral CT were 66.7%, 70.0%, 71.7%, and 70.0%, respectively, while those of 16-slice spiral CT were 83.3%, 85.0%, 83.3%, and 88.9% .</p><p><b>CONCLUSIONS</b>64-slice spiral CT is superior to 16-slice spiral CT in CABG imaging. It can be used as a non-invasive tool for the post-operative follow-up of CABG.</p>