Usefulness of multislice spiral computed tomography angiography for determination of coronary artery stenoses

With proper patient selection and pretreatment techniques, multislice spiral computed tomography angiography can detect or rule out significant stenoses with good accuracy in assessable segments. Its high negative predictive value in patients with diagnostic image quality may make this method a clin...

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Published in:The American journal of cardiology 2001-11, Vol.88 (10), p.1191-1194
Main Authors: Knez, Andreas, Becker, Christoph R, Leber, Alexander, Ohnesorge, Bernd, Becker, Alexander, White, Carl, Haberl, Ralph, Reiser, Maximilian F, Steinbeck, Gerhard
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
Cardiology. Vascular system
Cardiovascular disease
Coronary Angiography - methods
Coronary heart disease
Coronary Stenosis - diagnosis
Coronary vessels
Female
Heart
Humans
Male
Medical diagnosis
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Reproducibility of Results
Tomography
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Summary:With proper patient selection and pretreatment techniques, multislice spiral computed tomography angiography can detect or rule out significant stenoses with good accuracy in assessable segments. Its high negative predictive value in patients with diagnostic image quality may make this method a clinically useful noninvasive test and thus decrease the need for invasive angiography.
ISSN:0002-9149
1879-1913
DOI:10.1016/S0002-9149(01)02060-4