Why the study?
Does electrocardiographic gating improve the detection of myocardial infarction by computed tomography in a mini-pig model?
Population
Normal and 24 h post-infarction mini-pig hearts
Comparison
Computed tomography with electrocardiographic… vs Ungated computed tomography images
Design
Preclinical
Follow-up
24 hours post-infarction
Authors
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Variable CT MI detection in mini-pigs cautions against clinical use; leaves open gating benefits for human imaging.
Does electrocardiographic gating improve the detection of myocardial infarction by computed tomography in a mini-pig model?
Electrocardiographic gating in computed tomography can help resolve artefacts in detecting myocardial infarction, though detection depends on infarct size and species-specific collateral blood supply.
Checkley et al. (1986) studied this question.
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