Search Tag: CCTA
The Year in Cardiology Imaging
2020 16 Jan
During 2019, a major area of interest in cardiology was multimodality imaging and the application of artificial intelligence to imaging techniques. While conventional imaging still remains important for the assessment of cardiac structure and function, advanced echocardiography with strain imaging techniques, tissue characterisation with cardiovascular... Read more
New indications for coronary CT angiography
2017 19 Sep
The time has come The latest in CCTA and how the quality and timeliness of diagnosis can be improved. Since the beginning of the 21st century coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA ) has turned from a research tool with ill-defined indications into the recognised cardiac imaging modality with proven clinical and prognostic... Read more
Clinical Use of Coronary CT Angiography
2016 25 Aug
CHANGE OF PARADIGM During the last decades we have witnessed a tremendous progress in imaging technologies. Probably the most impressive results have been achieved in cardiac imaging. The landscape of diagnostic tools used for cardiovascular diagnostics has dramatically changed. All cardiovascular imaging technologies have improved, but the... Read more
Routine CCTA Screening Not Necessary For Diabetics
2014 20 Nov
In a recent study published in JAMA and presented at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions 2014, Joseph B. Muhlestein, MD, and colleagues at the Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute in Murray, Utah (USA) examined whether screening patients with diabetes deemed to be at high cardiac risk using coronary computed tomographic angiography... Read more
RSNA 2013: Heart Disease Similar in Men and Women, International Study Finds
2013 03 Dec
An analysis of data from an international multicentre study of coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) reveals that men and women with mild coronary artery disease and similar cardiovascular risk profiles share similar prognoses. Results of the study are presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).... Read more
CT Angiography Helps Predict Heart Attack Risk
2013 10 Apr
Coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) is an effective tool for determining the risk of heart attacks and other adverse cardiac events in patients with suspected coronary artery disease but no treatable risk factors, such as high cholesterol or high blood pressure, according to a new study published online in the journal Radiology . “CCTA... Read more