Coronary CT angiography: Diagnostic value and clinical challenges
Coronary computed tomography (CT) angiography has been increasingly used in the diagnosis of coronary artery disease due to improved spatial and temporal resolution with high diagnostic value being reported when compared to invasive coronary angiography. Diagnostic performance of coronary CT angiogr...
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| description | Coronary computed tomography (CT) angiography has been increasingly used in the diagnosis of coronary artery disease due to improved spatial and temporal resolution with high diagnostic value being reported when compared to invasive coronary angiography. Diagnostic performance of coronary CT angiography has been significantly improved with the technological developments in multislice CT scanners from the early generation of 4-slice CT to the latest 320- slice CT scanners. Despite the promising diagnostic value, coronary CT angiography is still limited in some areas, such as inferior temporal resolution, motion-related artifacts and high false positive results due to severe calcification. The aim of this review is to present an overview of the technical developments of multislice CT and diagnostic value of coronary CT angiography in coronary artery disease based on different generations of multislice CT scanners. Prognostic value of coronary CT angiography in coronary artery disease is also discussed, while limitations and challenges of coronary CT angiography are highlighted. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-137082017-09-13T15:01:03Z Coronary CT angiography: Diagnostic value and clinical challenges Sabarudin, Akmal Sun, Zhonghua Coronary CT angiography Coronary artery disease Artifacts Diagnostic value Multislice CT Coronary computed tomography (CT) angiography has been increasingly used in the diagnosis of coronary artery disease due to improved spatial and temporal resolution with high diagnostic value being reported when compared to invasive coronary angiography. Diagnostic performance of coronary CT angiography has been significantly improved with the technological developments in multislice CT scanners from the early generation of 4-slice CT to the latest 320- slice CT scanners. Despite the promising diagnostic value, coronary CT angiography is still limited in some areas, such as inferior temporal resolution, motion-related artifacts and high false positive results due to severe calcification. The aim of this review is to present an overview of the technical developments of multislice CT and diagnostic value of coronary CT angiography in coronary artery disease based on different generations of multislice CT scanners. Prognostic value of coronary CT angiography in coronary artery disease is also discussed, while limitations and challenges of coronary CT angiography are highlighted. 2013 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/13708 10.4330/wjc.v5.i12.473 Beijing Baishideng BioMed Scientific Co., Ltd fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Coronary CT angiography Coronary artery disease Artifacts Diagnostic value Multislice CT Sabarudin, Akmal Sun, Zhonghua Coronary CT angiography: Diagnostic value and clinical challenges |
| title | Coronary CT angiography: Diagnostic value and clinical challenges |
| title_full | Coronary CT angiography: Diagnostic value and clinical challenges |
| title_fullStr | Coronary CT angiography: Diagnostic value and clinical challenges |
| title_full_unstemmed | Coronary CT angiography: Diagnostic value and clinical challenges |
| title_short | Coronary CT angiography: Diagnostic value and clinical challenges |
| title_sort | coronary ct angiography: diagnostic value and clinical challenges |
| topic | Coronary CT angiography Coronary artery disease Artifacts Diagnostic value Multislice CT |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/13708 |