Cardiac computed tomography (cardiac CT) includes coronary CT angiography (CTA) as well as using CT technology to assess disease of the cardiac valves, aorta and pericardium. This examination ...

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 ...

A new study found that a non-invasive, AI enabled Coronary Computer Tomography Angiography effectively ... readers capable of interpreting coronary CT angiograms, Cleerly’s technology “now ...

Figure 7: FFR-CT compared with CCTA and coronary angiogram for the identification of significant stenoses. Figure 8: An illustration of potential comprehensive plaque assessment with CCTA.

He said an approach of using postmortem CT scans with targeted coronary angiography would not be used to investigate cause of death in certain types of nonsuspicious cases, including those involving a ...

CT coronary angiography identified a significant number of coronary plaques in nonstenotic coronary arteries that were underestimated by conventional coronary angiography, according to results of ...

The German Federal Joint Committee (G-BA) commissioned the Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG) to assess the benefits and harms of coronary computed tomography angiography ...

Participants were assessed using computed tomography angiography (CTA) to diagnose obstructive coronary atherosclerosis ... heart disease undergoing cardiac CT and/or electrocardiogram-gated ...

coronary CT angiography (CCTA) has been recommended by guidelines of the European and American societies as the use of Class 1A evidence for coronary artery disease. In recent years, the attempts ...

predominantly invasive coronary angiography, with cheaper tests, predominantly coronary CT angiography,” said Nicol. “If you go back to NICE’s principles [of] cost-effectiveness, the cost bit is ...

“As an example, we are currently developing a low-volume contrast media protocol for coronary CT angiography. Our initial results indicate that we can reduce the amount of administered contrast media ...

That technology is called ultra-high-resolution coronary CT angiography. Currently, patients have coronary CT angiography (CCTA), which is highly effective for ruling out coronary artery disease ...