TY - JOUR
T1 - CT coronary angiography for the follow-up of coronary stent
AU - Cademartiri, Filippo
AU - Maffei, Erica
AU - Palumbo, Alessandro
AU - Martini, Chiara
AU - Aldrovandi, Annachiara
AU - Ardissino, Diego
AU - Brambilla, Valerio
AU - Coruzzi, Paolo
AU - Mollet, Nico R.
AU - Krestin, Gabriel P.
AU - de Feyter, Pim J.
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - The treatment of coronary artery stenosis has progressively shifted over the past decades, from surgical (CABG) to percutaneous (PCI and stenting). The recent introduction of drug-eluting stents further reduced the occurrence of in-stent re-stenosis (ISR). However, a non-negligible number of patients need imaging/functional tests when symptoms recur. Multi-Slice CT Coronary Angiography (CT-CA) is a clinical reality for the evaluation of coronary artery stenosis, but still under evaluation in the follow-up of coronary stents. Several factors may impair proper depiction of in-stent lumen even with the most recent CT equipments. In highly selected populations CT-CA may play a clinical role even though the performance requirements both from the technical standpoint (i.e. CT scanner) and from the training (i.e. operators' experience) are still very demanding. In the meantime CT technology should improve towards higher contrast, spatial and temporal resolution in order to achieve the results that may be proper for clinical implementation. (www.actabiomedica.it).
AB - The treatment of coronary artery stenosis has progressively shifted over the past decades, from surgical (CABG) to percutaneous (PCI and stenting). The recent introduction of drug-eluting stents further reduced the occurrence of in-stent re-stenosis (ISR). However, a non-negligible number of patients need imaging/functional tests when symptoms recur. Multi-Slice CT Coronary Angiography (CT-CA) is a clinical reality for the evaluation of coronary artery stenosis, but still under evaluation in the follow-up of coronary stents. Several factors may impair proper depiction of in-stent lumen even with the most recent CT equipments. In highly selected populations CT-CA may play a clinical role even though the performance requirements both from the technical standpoint (i.e. CT scanner) and from the training (i.e. operators' experience) are still very demanding. In the meantime CT technology should improve towards higher contrast, spatial and temporal resolution in order to achieve the results that may be proper for clinical implementation. (www.actabiomedica.it).
KW - Clinical applications
KW - Coronary angiography
KW - In-stent re-stenosis
KW - Multi-slice CT
KW - Non-invasive imaging
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M3 - Article
C2 - 21305872
AN - SCOPUS:79952266601
VL - 81
SP - 87
EP - 93
JO - Acta Biomedica de l'Ateneo Parmense
JF - Acta Biomedica de l'Ateneo Parmense
SN - 0392-4203
IS - 2
ER -