Noninvasive Screening for Coronary Artery Disease With Computed Tomography Is Useful

How useful is computed tomography for screening for coronary artery disease? Noninvasive screening for coronary artery disease with computed tomography is useful.

The introduction of new ideas and concepts that lead to change in practice has always caused some degree of controversy, especially in medicine. At first glance, the concept of noninvasive imaging for calcium as a screen to identify patients at high risk for future coronary events would seem the most intense; however, one must only reflect on past controversies to gain an appropriate perspectiv...

Noninvasive coronary angiography with multislice computed tomography.

CONTEXT Multislice computed tomography (MSCT) has recently evolved as a modality for noninvasive coronary imaging. OBJECTIVE To assess the accuracy and robustness of MSCT vs the criterion standard of invasive coronary angiography for detection of obstructive coronary artery disease. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PATIENTS Prospective, single-center study conducted in a referral center setting in Germ...

Noninvasive coronary artery imaging by multislice spiral computed tomography.

Although the excellent spatial resolution of multislice spiral computed tomography (MSCT) enables the coronary arteries to be visualized, its limited temporal resolution results in poor image reproducibility because of cardiac motion artifact (CMA) and hence limits its widespread clinical use. A novel retrospectively ECG-gated reconstruction method has been developed to minimize CMA. In 88 cons...

Computed tomography screening for coronary artery calcium in asymptomatic individuals.

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to assess the (cost-) effectiveness of screening asymptomatic individuals at intermediate risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) for coronary artery calcium with computed tomography (CT). BACKGROUND Coronary artery calcium on CT improves prediction of CHD. METHODS A Markov model was developed on the basis of the Rotterdam Study. Four strategies were evalua...

Coronary computed tomography angiography--noninvasive modality in assessing coronary artery disease.