New UK recommendations for the assessment of chest pain are prioritizing the use of CT angiography in cases where a diagnosis of stable angina cannot be excluded on the basis of a clinical assessment ...

Giving CT angiogram scans to people coming to the emergency room with chest pain could improve the speed of heart attack detection and lower costs, a research study has found. Among the findings were ...

After ruling out a myocardial infarction (MI) in patients with suspected acute coronary syndrome (ACS), routine use of CT ...

Cardiac computed tomography (cardiac CT) includes coronary CT angiography (CTA) as well as using CT technology to assess disease of the cardiac valves, aorta and pericardium. This examination requires ...

Coronary CT angiography (CTCA) scans do not reduce the risk of heart attacks or cardiac death over three years in patients ...

A lot has changed in the world of CCTA since the previous guideline was published back in 2014. This new expert consensus ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Stress tests are a thing of the past. Make way for coronary CT angiography. Wide-eyed medical students might ...

STANFORD, CA — Low-dose radiation from cardiovascular computed-tomography (CT) angiography results in DNA and cellular damage, as well as increased expression of cells involved in the regulation of ...

A new study found that a non-invasive, AI enabled Coronary Computer Tomography Angiography effectively identified stenosis equally well or better than the conventional gold standard of invasive ...

Noninvasive coronary angiography has been the holy grail of cardiovascular medicine for decades. Cardiac CT angiography obtained with multislice CT technology is finally reaching the high standard in ...

A calcium score can be a warning sign of heart disease but it does not tell you how badly an artery is blocked. Here s why a ...