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State-of-the-art MSCT can accurately identify mildly stenotic coronary atherosclerosis and provide an assessment of morphology and remodeling response.

The pattern and magnitude of ventricular rotation were impaired by dilated cardiomyopathy. Left ventricular rotation and torsion were further diminished after partial left ventriculectomy, indicating that improvement in clinical indices of cardiac function was not reflective of an improvement in this measure of myocardial mechanics.

The added value of 2-segment cardiac reconstruction algorithms for spiral MSCT was not demonstrated for a 4-slice, 500 ms gantry rotation time scanner but shown to be beneficial for a 12-slice, 420 ms gantry rotation time scanner in the crucial HR range of 74-90 bpm.