Objective: The higher risk and fatality of cardiovascular disease in subjects with homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia warrants early screening. Computed tomography angiography is the most promising method at present as a reliable and reproducible noninvasive diagnostic test of cardiovascular disease. We aimed to describe the 64-slice multidetector computed tomography coronary angiography ...

BACKGROUND Multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) has gained wide acceptance in the evaluation of the cardiovascular system. Of particular clinical interest is its ability to non-invasively evaluate coronary arteries in patients presenting to the emergency room. In acute coronary syndromes, myocardial ischemia is most often caused by atherosclerosis. We present a case of a rare cause of acute...

Multi-detector computed tomography is now an established modality for the investigation of coronary artery disease.1,2^ 64-Slice multi-detector computed tomography is the standard requirement by the British society of cardiac imaging and can image the whole heart in four heart beats. The 320 slice multi-detector computed tomography can image the heart in one heart beat, but both technologies de...

Chronic totally occluded coronary arteries are frequently found in symptomatic patients undergoing diagnostic coronary angiography. However, the presence of such an artery has a significant impact on choice of revascularization treatment. This case report shows the potential of preprocedural multislice computed tomography coronary angiography in guiding percutaneous revascularization of chronic...

Background: Primary aldosteronism (PA) is the most frequent form of potentially reversible hypertension and coronary-pulmonary fistulas are increasingly recognized during routine coronary angiography or multidetector computed tomography for analysis chest pain in hypertensive patients. Aldosterone hypersecretion has been associated with endothelial proliferation pathological remodeling heart ar...

OBJECTIVES This study was designed to evaluate whether the absence of coronary calcium could rule out >or=50% coronary stenosis or the need for revascularization. BACKGROUND The latest American Heart Association guidelines suggest that a calcium score (CS) of zero might exclude the need for coronary angiography among symptomatic patients. METHODS A substudy was made of the CORE64 (Coronary ...

Computed tomography (CT) angiography can augment conventional coronary angiography relative to length of vessel occlusion and quality of distal run-off. In this case report we describe the significance of CT angiography in the revascularization decision-making process of a patient following occlusion of both coronary artery bypass grafts.

Coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) could show the morphological status of coronary stenosis. Moreover, (CT) myocardial perfusion (CTP) provide additional information to identify hypoattenuating areas that might complement limitation CCTA in terms evaluating functional status, adding diagnostic performance CCTA. We reported imaging features artery disease a female patient with histo...

Background Although some studies have shown the potential utility of coronary magnetic resonance angiography (CMRA) for the detection of coronary artery disease (CAD), almost no information exists regarding its prognostic value. Aim of our study was to compare the predictive value of CMRA and coronary multislice computed tomography angiography (CCTA) for prediction of cardiovascular events at l...