Clinical cardiac structural anatomy reconstructed within the cardiac contour using multidetector-row computed tomography: The arrangement and location of the cardiac valves.

It is essential for the interventional cardiologist to have in-depth anatomical information about the three-dimensional arrangement and location of the cardiac valves relative to the various projections of the cardiac contour as revealed fluoroscopically. Multidetector-row computed tomography is useful for providing information about the three-dimensional arrangements of each structure. This article presents cardiac structural images, focusing on the arrangement and location of the cardiac valves, which were reconstructed with the cardiac contour and surrounding structures using multidetector-row computed tomography. We discuss the clinical implications of the findings. We hope these images will serve as a bridge between cardiology, radiology, and anatomy, and will prompt scientists in the field of cardiology to integrate their accumulated insights into three-dimensional clinical images of the living heart.