Quantitative Computed Tomographic Coronary Angiography

Quantitative computed tomographic coronary angiography: does it predict functionally significant coronary stenoses?

BACKGROUND Coronary lesions with a diameter narrowing ≥50% on visual computed tomographic coronary angiography (CTCA) are generally considered for referral to invasive coronary angiography. However, similar to invasive coronary angiography, visual CTCA is often inaccurate in detecting functionally significant coronary lesions. We sought to compare the diagnostic performance of quantitative CTCA...

Coronary computed tomographic angiography: its role in emergency department triage.

Coronary computed tomographic angiography and incidental pulmonary nodules.

I ncidental findings are an important topic in diagnostic imaging. Because of the comprehensive nature of computed tomography (CT) scanning, incidental findings are seemingly found on almost every CT scan performed for a wide variety of reasons in a radiology department. Many of these incidental findings such as a liver cyst are benign and immediately dismissed. Other findings require more exte...

Expert Consensus Document on Coronary Computed Tomographic Angiography

Daniel B. Mark, MD, MPH, FACC, FAHA, Chair*; Daniel S. Berman, MD, FACC†‡; Matthew J. Budoff, MD, FACC, FAHA§; J. Jeffrey Carr, MD, FACC, FAHA ; Thomas C. Gerber, MD, FACC, FAHA¶#; Harvey S. Hecht, MD, FACC§; Mark A. Hlatky, MD, FACC, FAHA; John McB. Hodgson, MD, FSCAI, FACC**; Michael S. Lauer, MD, FACC, FAHA*; Julie M. Miller, MD, FACC*; Richard L. Morin, PhD ; Debabrata Mukherjee, MD, FACC; ...

The Contest Between Magnetic Resonance and Computed Tomographic Coronary Angiography

Noninvasive coronary imaging is often considered the Holy Grail among cardiologists and radiologists interested in the diagnosis and treatment of coronary atherosclerosis.1–3 That noninvasive coronary imaging would aid in establishing new prevention and treatment strategies in a wide range of clinical scenarios, ranging from early subclinical diagnosis of atherosclerosis in asymptomatic individ...