... sodium bicarbonate for hydration during coronary angiography for patients with kidney disease did not reduce ...
... test could even replace invasive coronary angiography, it has been obvious for couple of years that this is not the case. The strength ... to 7 mSv, which is actually less than with invasive angiography. Newer techniques are looking at lowering the radiation ...
... colleagues found no significant differences between those who received angiography and those who did not with respect to age, history of cardiac ... of the hospital were more likely to have the procedure. The researchers also found that coronary angiography was more likely to be performed on patients with better neurological ...
... delivered to patients undergoing coronary CT angiography in a "triple rule-out" protocol by simply using tube ... criticisms of the triple rule out coronary CT angiography study is the concern about the high amount of radiation ...
Cardiac arrest victims who receive coronary angiography are twice as likely to survive without significant ... showed that patient outcomes improved with coronary angiography regardless of clinical and demographic factors that influenced ...
... had surgery and two had a combination of treatments. "MDCT angiography identified the correct treatment in 18 patients ... delineation of the peripheral arteries, digital subtraction angiography (DSA), which is a time- and cost-intensive procedure ...
MDCT angiography leads to accurate recommendations for successful treatment of patients with critical limb ischemia ...
... for possible pulmonary emboli using pulmonary CT angiography, a new study shows that radiologists can effectively ... to have a pulmonary embolism were evaluated using pulmonary CT angiography. Two hundred patients were evaluated using the standard ...
Computed tomography angiography (CTA) can identify abnormalities and injury beyond the pulmonary arteries, including ... embolism (PE) are increasingly being evaluated with CT angiography (CTA). Even though many children ultimately ...
... . The incidence of rebleeding in patients with negative initial angiography has been reported in up to 60% of cases. However, little ... gastrointestinal bleeding had negative findings after initial angiography. Clinical and laboratory parameters were analyzed retrospectively ...
... beam is turned on only intermittently) during CT angiography. Forty patients were evaluated using retrospective gating ... for the evaluation of vascular disease. It is safer than conventional angiography and the patient benefits from having it done intravenously rather ...
... ). This may be an alternative to the standard, expensive and more invasive coronary angiography. The ultrasound test can also be used to rule out the diagnosis of CAD ... buildup in the neck arteries, then it can be followed by angiography of the heart arteries." When a patient has reduced heart ...
... study suggests that computed tomography (CT) angiography might be unnecessary in many patients suspected of having pulmonary ... radiation exposure and costs associated with CT angiography. The results of the study appear in the online edition ...
... and patients, Johns Hopkins cardiologists found that having CT angiography leads to more prescriptions for cholesterol-lowering medications ... from knowing whether or not plaque has been detected using CT angiography. However, their physicians may be inclined to be more aggressive with prescriptions ...
... with CT and contrast-enhanced coronary CT angiography (cCTA). cCTA provides a more comprehensive picture ... . "For African American patients, coronary CT angiography may be a more appropriate screening tool for cardiovascular risk ...
