Rapid improvements in technology mean that newer-generation spiral CT scanners are capable of higher spatial and temporal resolution than earlier scanners; 64-slice coronary artery CT has recently ...

"When you objectively measure coronary artery flow with CT-FFR, you induce fewer patients to be further investigated and ...

Cardiac computed tomography (cardiac CT) includes coronary CT ... intermediate pretest probability for coronary disease 5. Evaluation of patency coronary artery bypass grafts 1.

As plaque (cholesterol deposits) builds up in coronary arteries, calcium is also deposited. A low-dose CT scan can measure the amount of calcium. Ideally, you would have a score of 0, and the higher ...

The coronary calcium scan, a painless CT scan that evaluates the risk of heart ... Here’s why. The artery-clogging process ...

A large new study of more than 40,000 patients from heart researchers at Intermountain Health in Salt Lake City finds that a zero coronary artery calcium score continues to be an accurate indicator of ...

stenosis of proximal left anterior descending artery on CCTA, and invasive coronary angiography was subsequently performed and demonstrated a moderate stenosis (60%) by visual assessment. CT ...