For patients with suspected acute coronary syndromes (ACS) CT angiography (CTA) compared to standard treatment can reduce the time in the emergency department (ED), according to results of the ROMICAT ...

ORLANDO, FL — For certain elderly patients with severe aortic-valve stenosis who have CT angiography as part of a workup before transcatheter aortic-valve replacement (TAVR), the CT scan can also ...

We conducted a multicenter study to examine the accuracy of 64-row, 0.5-mm multidetector CT angiography as compared with conventional coronary angiography in patients with suspected coronary artery ...

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Computed tomography angiography is as accurate as an invasive angiogram in detecting coronary artery disease, according to findings from the first two prospective multicenter 64-slice scanner trials.

Computed tomography and coronary angiography are typically used to save or improve lives, not to investigate deaths. But for adults who die suddenly in the absence of suspicious circumstances, the use ...

Coronary artery disease (CAD) is the number one cause of death in men and women. CAD is caused by atherosclerotic plaques developing in the coronary arteries. Many therapies have been shown to ...

The ROMICAT-II trial shows that CT coronary angiography is safe and fast for the exclusion of clinically significant obstructive coronary artery disease in low-risk patients with acute chest pain.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In patients with stable chest pain and intermediate pretest probability of CAD, risk for major adverse CV events ...

Adding stress myocardial CT perfusion imaging to examinations with CT angiography may safely increase diagnostic specificity and reduce the need for invasive treatments in patients with possible ...

For people with stable chest pain and an intermediate pretest probability of obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD), an initial CT strategy fared similarly to invasive coronary angiography (ICA) ...

Noninvasive coronary angiography has been the holy grail of cardiovascular medicine for decades. Cardiac CT angiography obtained with multislice CT technology is finally reaching the high standard in ...