Visualization of myofiber architecture in the left ventricular myocardium: re-evaluation of Lunkenheimer's pneumo-myocardium technique.

摘要

Lunkenheimer's method, 'transcoronary pneumonic spreading of the myocardial network,' was revived using the latest advanced imaging techniques: multidetector-row computed tomography and high-performance image processing.Three-dimensional multi-planar reconstruction (Fig. 1) and dynamic display of image sequences (Videos 1 and 2) clearly visualized the myofiber architecture (Fig. 2) in the postmortem porcine myocardium.