Delayed uptake and washout of contrast in non-viable infarcted myocardium shown with dynamic computed tomography

Heart failure secondary to coronary artery disease is a major health issue in the western world affecting a substantial percentage of the population, and inducing major costs to the healthcare systems (1,2). The assessment of ischemic and potentially viable myocardium plays an important role in planning of revascularization of patients with critical coronary atherosclerosis (3-5) as myocardial revascularization in patients with viable myocardium has shown to improve ventricular dysfunction and long-term survival (6,7)