PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Buckley, Rita
TI  - CCTA Proves Safe and Effective in Barbados
DP  - 2012 Oct 01
TA  - MD Conference Express
PG  - 33--34
VI  - 12
IP  - 12
4099  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/12/12/33.short
4100  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/12/12/33.full
AB  - Coronary computed tomographic angiography (CCTA) is an emerging tool for the noninvasive assessment of coronary artery disease (CAD) [Arbab-Zadeh A et al. J Am Coll Cardiol 2012]. Although coronary angiography (CA) is the gold standard for diagnosing CAD, it is an invasive and expensive procedure with a small (0.1% to 0.2%) risk of major complications, such as death, myocardial infarction, and stroke [Mowatt G et al. Health Technol Assess 2008]. This article discusses a study on the correlations between outcomes from 64-slice CCTA with retrospective gating and CA.