Noninvasive physiologic assessment of coronary stenoses using cardiac CT

Coronary CT angiography (CCTA) has become an important non-invasive imaging modality in the diagnosis of coronary artery disease (CAD). CCTA enables accurate evaluation of coronary artery stenosis. However, CCTA provides limited information on the physiological significance of stenotic lesions. A no...

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Main Authors: Xu, L., Sun, Zhonghua, Fan, Z.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/47885
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author Xu, L.
Sun, Zhonghua
Fan, Z.
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Sun, Zhonghua
Fan, Z.
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description Coronary CT angiography (CCTA) has become an important non-invasive imaging modality in the diagnosis of coronary artery disease (CAD). CCTA enables accurate evaluation of coronary artery stenosis. However, CCTA provides limited information on the physiological significance of stenotic lesions. A noninvasive ‘one-stop-shop’ diagnostic test that can provide both anatomical and functional significance of stenotic lesions would be beneficial in the diagnosis and management of CAD. Recently, with the introduction of novel techniques such as myocardial CT perfusion, CT-derived fractional flow reserve (FFRCT), and transluminal attenuation gradient (TAG), CCTA has emerged as a non-invasive method for the assessment of both anatomy of coronary lesions and its physiological consequences during a single study. This review provides an overview of the current status of new CT techniques for the physiologic assessments of CAD.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-478852018-04-09T07:26:35Z Noninvasive physiologic assessment of coronary stenoses using cardiac CT Xu, L. Sun, Zhonghua Fan, Z. diagnostic accuracy coronary artery disease coronary computed tomography angiography Coronary CT angiography (CCTA) has become an important non-invasive imaging modality in the diagnosis of coronary artery disease (CAD). CCTA enables accurate evaluation of coronary artery stenosis. However, CCTA provides limited information on the physiological significance of stenotic lesions. A noninvasive ‘one-stop-shop’ diagnostic test that can provide both anatomical and functional significance of stenotic lesions would be beneficial in the diagnosis and management of CAD. Recently, with the introduction of novel techniques such as myocardial CT perfusion, CT-derived fractional flow reserve (FFRCT), and transluminal attenuation gradient (TAG), CCTA has emerged as a non-invasive method for the assessment of both anatomy of coronary lesions and its physiological consequences during a single study. This review provides an overview of the current status of new CT techniques for the physiologic assessments of CAD. 2014 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/47885 10.1155/2015/435737 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Hindawi Publishing Corporation fulltext
spellingShingle diagnostic accuracy
coronary artery disease
coronary computed tomography angiography
Xu, L.
Sun, Zhonghua
Fan, Z.
Noninvasive physiologic assessment of coronary stenoses using cardiac CT
title Noninvasive physiologic assessment of coronary stenoses using cardiac CT
title_full Noninvasive physiologic assessment of coronary stenoses using cardiac CT
title_fullStr Noninvasive physiologic assessment of coronary stenoses using cardiac CT
title_full_unstemmed Noninvasive physiologic assessment of coronary stenoses using cardiac CT
title_short Noninvasive physiologic assessment of coronary stenoses using cardiac CT
title_sort noninvasive physiologic assessment of coronary stenoses using cardiac ct
topic diagnostic accuracy
coronary artery disease
coronary computed tomography angiography
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/47885