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 requires ...

Noninvasive imaging of the coronary arteries using multidetector CT (MDCT) represents one of the most promising diagnostic imaging advances in contemporary cardiology. This challenging application has ...

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 ...

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 ...

June 24, 2004 (Philadelphia) — A preliminary study on combined positron emission tomography and computed tomography (PET/CT) of the heart showed that this noninvasive imaging tool works just as well ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Stress tests are a thing of the past. Make way for coronary CT angiography. Wide-eyed medical students might ...

In this multicenter trial, 3561 patients with stable chest pain at intermediate risk for obstructive coronary artery disease were randomly assigned to undergo CT or invasive coronary angiography. Over ...

Ultrahigh-spatial-resolution photon-counting detector CT improved assessment of coronary artery disease (CAD), allowing for reclassification to a lower disease category in 54% of patients, according ...

MADRID, Spain—Routine use of CT angiography after PCI for left main coronary artery disease does not lower the risk of major adverse cardiac events, results of the PULSE trial show. There was a signal ...

For patients with diabetes and stable coronary artery disease, use of CT angiography is associated with fewer adverse cardiovascular events when compared with screening that employs functional stress ...

SEATTLE — If you've ever worried about your heart health but scared to undergo an invasive treatment to get it checked, there’s a test that offers answers without a hospital stay or surgery. Dr.

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) ...