Coronary CT Angiography in the Diagnosis of Coronary Artery Disease
Coronary CT angiography is increasingly used in the diagnosis of coronary artery disease due to rapid technological developments, which are reflected in the improved spatial and temporal resolution. High diagnostic accuracy has been achieved with 64- and more slice CT scanners, and in selected patie...
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| author | Sun, Zhonghua Wan, Yung-Liang Hsieh, I-Chang Liu, Yuan-Chang Wen, Ming-Shien |
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| description | Coronary CT angiography is increasingly used in the diagnosis of coronary artery disease due to rapid technological developments, which are reflected in the improved spatial and temporal resolution. High diagnostic accuracy has been achieved with 64- and more slice CT scanners, and in selected patients, coronary CT angiography is considered a reliable alternative to invasive coronary angiography. Quantifying the amount of coronary artery calcium with coronary CT angiography has been widely accepted as a reliable non-invasive technique for predicting risk of future cardiac events. Coronary CT angiography is able to detect variable densities in the coronary atherosclerotic plaques and demonstrate the corresponding intraluminal changes due to presence of plaques, thus providing prognostic value of disease extent. Coronary CT angiography is an accurate method to measure coronary bifurcation angles and demonstrate dimensional changes, hence, providing relevant features of left coronary atherosclerosis. This article provides an overview of the diagnostic and predictive value of coronary CT angiography in coronary artery disease. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-226042017-09-13T13:58:23Z Coronary CT Angiography in the Diagnosis of Coronary Artery Disease Sun, Zhonghua Wan, Yung-Liang Hsieh, I-Chang Liu, Yuan-Chang Wen, Ming-Shien Coronary artery disease predictive value coronary CT angiography plaque atherosclerosis diagnostic value Coronary CT angiography is increasingly used in the diagnosis of coronary artery disease due to rapid technological developments, which are reflected in the improved spatial and temporal resolution. High diagnostic accuracy has been achieved with 64- and more slice CT scanners, and in selected patients, coronary CT angiography is considered a reliable alternative to invasive coronary angiography. Quantifying the amount of coronary artery calcium with coronary CT angiography has been widely accepted as a reliable non-invasive technique for predicting risk of future cardiac events. Coronary CT angiography is able to detect variable densities in the coronary atherosclerotic plaques and demonstrate the corresponding intraluminal changes due to presence of plaques, thus providing prognostic value of disease extent. Coronary CT angiography is an accurate method to measure coronary bifurcation angles and demonstrate dimensional changes, hence, providing relevant features of left coronary atherosclerosis. This article provides an overview of the diagnostic and predictive value of coronary CT angiography in coronary artery disease. 2013 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/22604 10.2174/15734056113096660010 Bentham Science Publishers restricted |
| spellingShingle | Coronary artery disease predictive value coronary CT angiography plaque atherosclerosis diagnostic value Sun, Zhonghua Wan, Yung-Liang Hsieh, I-Chang Liu, Yuan-Chang Wen, Ming-Shien Coronary CT Angiography in the Diagnosis of Coronary Artery Disease |
| title | Coronary CT Angiography in the Diagnosis of Coronary Artery Disease |
| title_full | Coronary CT Angiography in the Diagnosis of Coronary Artery Disease |
| title_fullStr | Coronary CT Angiography in the Diagnosis of Coronary Artery Disease |
| title_full_unstemmed | Coronary CT Angiography in the Diagnosis of Coronary Artery Disease |
| title_short | Coronary CT Angiography in the Diagnosis of Coronary Artery Disease |
| title_sort | coronary ct angiography in the diagnosis of coronary artery disease |
| topic | Coronary artery disease predictive value coronary CT angiography plaque atherosclerosis diagnostic value |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/22604 |