Use of computed tomography coronary angiography, which provides 3-D images of the heart, coupled with standard care allows doctors to more accurately diagnose coronary artery disease in patients ...

16-slice CT coronary angiography is highly accurate but is not yet a clinically acceptable alternative to catheter-based coronary angiography Previous investigations have already indicated that ...

New data show early coronary CT angiography (CTA) can accurately rule out coronary stenosis in patients presenting with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome (NSTEACS), potentially sparing ...

Extensive coronary artery calcium associated with composite primary outcome, all-cause death, cardiovascular events. (HealthDay News) — Among individuals undergoing low-dose chest computed tomography ...

Coronary CT angiography for the suspected progression of known coronary artery disease in a 60-year-old female patient. Curved multiplanar reconstructions with 0.6- (yellow outline), 0.4- (blue ...

Recently, a patient came to the hospital where I work with a persistent cough. Their doctor had ordered a CT scan – a type of imaging that creates detailed cross-sectional pictures of the body’s ...

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 ...

The benefits of noninvasive imaging may soon be available to patients at high risk of coronary artery disease, according to researchers studying a newer technology. That technology is called ...

Coronary artery calcium scoring with CT can identify symptomatic patients with a very low risk of heart attacks or strokes, according to a new study published today in Radiology, a journal of the ...

NEW ORLEANS — About one in three CT scans performed for cancer also shows coronary artery calcium (CAC), but the finding makes its way into the radiology report only about half the time, suggests a ...