RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
A1 Buckley, Rita
T1 CCTA Proves Safe and Effective in Barbados
JF MD Conference Express
YR 2012
FD SAGE Publications
VO 12
IS 12
SP 33
OP 34
DO 10.1177/155989771212020
UL http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/12/12/33.abstract
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.