Cardiac Computed Tomographic Angiography: Clinical Applications.
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2015
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Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Cardiac imaging
plays an important role in diagnosis and risk stratification of various cardiac diseases. Cardiac
computed tomography added a major diagnostic value and led to reducing the need for invasive
cardiac measures in many cardiac conditions. Cardiac computed tomography has emerged as an
accurate anatomic method for detection of coronary artery disease. The negative predictive value
to exclude significant coronary artery stenosis approaches 100%. Advances in multidetector
computed tomography technology improved coronary arteries imaging during a single breath hold
in a wide range of coronary pathologies. Appropriate patient preparation, image acquisition, and
post processing techniques to detect coronary artery stenosis and plaque are prerequisites to
achieving diagnostic image quality. Cardiac computed tomography applications also include
assessment of cardiac structure and function, post myocardial infarction complications, electro
anatomical mapping, and delineation of the pericardium.
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Coronary CT angiography, coronary MDCT, coronary artery stenosis, coronary heart disease
Citation
Shehri Haliah Z Al, Hebaishi Yahya S Al, Moghairi Abdulrahman M Al. Cardiac Computed Tomographic Angiography: Clinical Applications. Cardiology and Angiology An International Journal. 2015; 3(2): 78-96.