TY - JOUR
T1 - CT angiography of the coronary arteries
T2 - Setting new diagnostic standards in cardiovascular medicine
AU - Cademartiri, Filippo
AU - Palumbo, Alessandro
AU - Maffei, Erica
AU - Martini, Chiara
AU - Aldrovandi, Annachiara
AU - Ardissino, Diego
AU - Brambilla, Valerio
AU - Coruzzi, Paolo
AU - Krestin, Gabriel P.
AU - de Feyter, Pim J.
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - CT Coronary Angiography of the heart is one of the fastly developing techniques in cardiovascular imaging. It is rapidly emerging and quickly entering the clinical practice and international guidelines. The increasing evidence regarding the strong role in the assessment of coronary artery lumen is progressively expanded by evidences of the important role of coronary wall imaging. The prognostic importance of CT Coronary Angiography is worldwide reported and the main question that is posed at the moment concerns the potential impact in primary prevention. In this review we will discuss the current applications and technology state of the art, X-ray dose issues, the training requirements and implementation in the healthcare context of CT Coronary Angiography.
AB - CT Coronary Angiography of the heart is one of the fastly developing techniques in cardiovascular imaging. It is rapidly emerging and quickly entering the clinical practice and international guidelines. The increasing evidence regarding the strong role in the assessment of coronary artery lumen is progressively expanded by evidences of the important role of coronary wall imaging. The prognostic importance of CT Coronary Angiography is worldwide reported and the main question that is posed at the moment concerns the potential impact in primary prevention. In this review we will discuss the current applications and technology state of the art, X-ray dose issues, the training requirements and implementation in the healthcare context of CT Coronary Angiography.
KW - CT coronary angiography
KW - Diagnostic accuracy
KW - Healthcare organization
KW - Primary prevention
KW - Prognostic value
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M3 - Article
C2 - 20578427
AN - SCOPUS:77955874988
VL - 80
SP - 292
EP - 298
JO - Acta Biomedica de l'Ateneo Parmense
JF - Acta Biomedica de l'Ateneo Parmense
SN - 0392-4203
IS - 3
ER -