Non-invasive coronary CT angiography (CTA) is more cost-effective than current tests for diagnosing women with low risk of a heart attack who come to the emergency room with acute chest pain, ...

Computed tomographic angiography (CTA) appears preferable to standard cath-based angiography for the initial evaluation of most stable, intermediate-risk patients with angina-like symptoms, ...

Unnecessary heart procedures can be avoided with a non-invasive test, according to late breaking research. Unnecessary heart procedures can be avoided with a non-invasive test, according to late ...

Patients with suspected CAD whose risk level makes them clear candidates for invasive coronary angiography (ICA) can be safely and effectively treated using a selective referral strategy that employs ...

According to ARRS' American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR), cardiac CTA-derived left atrium emptying fraction (LAEF) improves predictive performance of established clinical risk scores and may be used ...

Use of the imaging technique known as cardiac computed tomography (CT) angiography (CCTA) has the potential to expose patients to high doses of radiation, and methods available to reduce radiation ...

In recent years the obvious trend in cardiovascular medicine has been toward the incremental. This is the cost of progress; easy gains have already been made. Yet on the first day of the 2018 European ...

Nov. 22—CORBIN — Baptist Health Corbin is advancing their imaging capabilities with their recently acquired Siemens 128-slice dual source CT scanner. The scanner, which is a state-of-the-art CT ...