Giving CT angiogram scans to people coming to the emergency room with chest pain could improve the speed of heart attack detection and lower costs, a research study has found. Among the findings were ...
New UK recommendations for the assessment of chest pain are prioritizing the use of CT angiography in cases where a diagnosis of stable angina cannot be excluded on the basis of a clinical assessment ...
(HealthDay News) — For patients with suspected pulmonary embolism (PE), computed tomography (CT) pulmonary angiography is superior to chest radiography for providing a diagnosis, even when no PE is ...
Nov. 20 -- THURSDAY, Nov. 19 (HealthDay News) -- Compared to standard emergency room triage, CT angiography is quicker, more accurate and much less expensive for screening patients with chest pain who ...
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 ...
An analysis of diagnostic test results from the Prospective Multicenter Imaging Study for Evaluation of Chest Pain (PROMISE) trial - in which patients with stable chest pain were randomized to either ...
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) ...
An analysis of diagnostic test results from the Prospective Multicenter Imaging Study for Evaluation of Chest Pain (PROMISE) trial - in which patients with stable chest pain were randomized to either ...
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Do you really need a CT angiography to detect heart blockages? Leading doctor busts some myths
The medical team will not perform CT Angio when your ECG and stress test results show no issues, and you belong to a low-risk ...
"These extended and sustained benefits appear to be primarily driven by a reduction in the rate of non-fatal MI, suggesting that the principal benefit of CCTA [coronary CT angiography] is driven by ...
For patients with CAD, coronary computed tomography angiography fractional flow reserve (FFR-CT) is prognostic for adverse outcomes.
Interventionalists don’t often order a CXR ahead of time, but when it’s already been done, some find the added info useful.
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