CT angiography in the diagnosis of cardiovascular disease: A transformation in cardiovascular CT practice.

Computed tomography (CT) angiography represents the most important technical development in CT imaging and it has challenged invasive angiography in the diagnostic evaluation of cardiovascular abnormalities. Over the last decades, technological evolution in CT imaging has enabled CT angiography to...

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Main Authors: Sun, Zhonghua, Almoudi, M., Cao, Y.
Format: Journal Article
Published: AME Publishing Company 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/28988
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author Sun, Zhonghua
Almoudi, M.
Cao, Y.
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Almoudi, M.
Cao, Y.
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description Computed tomography (CT) angiography represents the most important technical development in CT imaging and it has challenged invasive angiography in the diagnostic evaluation of cardiovascular abnormalities. Over the last decades, technological evolution in CT imaging has enabled CT angiography to become a first-line imaging modality in the diagnosis of cardiovascular disease. This review provides an overview of the diagnostic applications of CT angiography in cardiovascular disease, with a focus on selected clinical challenges in some common cardiovascular abnormalities, which include abdominal aortic aneurysm, aortic dissection, pulmonary embolism and coronary artery disease. An evidence-based review is conducted to demonstrate how CT angiography has changed our approach in the diagnosis and management of cardiovascular disease. Radiation dose reduction strategies are also discussed to show how CT angiography can be performed in a low-dose protocol in the current clinical practice.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-289882017-09-13T15:17:39Z CT angiography in the diagnosis of cardiovascular disease: A transformation in cardiovascular CT practice. Sun, Zhonghua Almoudi, M. Cao, Y. diagnosis visualisation computed tomography angiography Cardiovascular disease Computed tomography (CT) angiography represents the most important technical development in CT imaging and it has challenged invasive angiography in the diagnostic evaluation of cardiovascular abnormalities. Over the last decades, technological evolution in CT imaging has enabled CT angiography to become a first-line imaging modality in the diagnosis of cardiovascular disease. This review provides an overview of the diagnostic applications of CT angiography in cardiovascular disease, with a focus on selected clinical challenges in some common cardiovascular abnormalities, which include abdominal aortic aneurysm, aortic dissection, pulmonary embolism and coronary artery disease. An evidence-based review is conducted to demonstrate how CT angiography has changed our approach in the diagnosis and management of cardiovascular disease. Radiation dose reduction strategies are also discussed to show how CT angiography can be performed in a low-dose protocol in the current clinical practice. 2014 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/28988 10.3978/j.issn.2223-4292.2014.10.02 AME Publishing Company fulltext
spellingShingle diagnosis
visualisation
computed tomography angiography
Cardiovascular disease
Sun, Zhonghua
Almoudi, M.
Cao, Y.
CT angiography in the diagnosis of cardiovascular disease: A transformation in cardiovascular CT practice.
title CT angiography in the diagnosis of cardiovascular disease: A transformation in cardiovascular CT practice.
title_full CT angiography in the diagnosis of cardiovascular disease: A transformation in cardiovascular CT practice.
title_fullStr CT angiography in the diagnosis of cardiovascular disease: A transformation in cardiovascular CT practice.
title_full_unstemmed CT angiography in the diagnosis of cardiovascular disease: A transformation in cardiovascular CT practice.
title_short CT angiography in the diagnosis of cardiovascular disease: A transformation in cardiovascular CT practice.
title_sort ct angiography in the diagnosis of cardiovascular disease: a transformation in cardiovascular ct practice.
topic diagnosis
visualisation
computed tomography angiography
Cardiovascular disease
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/28988