Medscape

Is CT Angiography the Best First Test for Chest Pain?

HERSHEY, PA — A new meta-analysis shows that use of coronary computed tomography angiography (CTA) is associated with significantly fewer MIs than standard functional stress testing in patients with ...
Science Daily

Compared to stress testing, patients who undergo CT angiography more likely to undergo subsequent invasive, more costly cardiac procedures

In an analysis of Medicare data of nearly 300,000 patients who underwent outpatient evaluation for coronary artery disease by either computed tomography (CT) angiography or stress testing, those who ...
Healio

CT ‘safe alternative’ to coronary angiography for CAD diagnosis

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TCTMD

Noninvasive CT Angiography Plus CT Perfusion Shows Power to Diagnose Ischemic Lesions

MUNICH, Germany—A noninvasive strategy that integrates computed tomography (CT) angiography with CT myocardial perfusion imaging shows strong diagnostic accuracy in identifying patients who have ...
Science Daily

Catheter Angiography May Be An Unnecessary Follow-up To CT Angiography

Even in challenging cases, CT angiography offers an accurate and rapid diagnosis for blunt trauma victims who may have aortic or great vessel injury negating the need for more invasive procedures, ...
TCTMD

CT Angiography Is Increasing in England, but Downstream Tests Are Not

Ever since the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) gave priority to coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) as the test of choice for patients presenting with recent-onset ...
Forbes

Has CT Angiography Lived Up To Its Early Promise?

When it first appeared more than a decade ago computed tomographic angiography (CTA) astounded cardiologists and other physicians. Until it came along the only way to check for blockages in the vital ...
Open Heart

Direct access CT coronary angiography in patients referred with suspected cardiac chest pain: a novel patient pathway

Background Rapid access chest pain (RACP) clinics are designed to expedite cardiac assessment, but current pathways cause ...
Nature

Technology Insight: cardiac CT angiography

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 ...
The New England Journal of Medicine

Coronary CT Angiography versus Standard Evaluation in Acute Chest Pain

It is unclear whether an evaluation incorporating coronary computed tomographic angiography (CCTA) is more effective than standard evaluation in the emergency department in patients with symptoms ...
Medscape

Refining Use of CT Angiography in Stroke

BALTIMORE — In the highly time-sensitive setting of acute ischemic stroke, use of computed tomography (CT) angiography (CTA) in some situations can be avoided or strategically timed to saving critical ...