Science news articles about 'cardiac computed tomography'

... imaging technique known as cardiac computed tomography (CT) angiography (CCTA) has the potential to expose patients to high doses of radiation ...

... techniques to reduce the amount of radiation from cardiac computed tomography angiography (scanning used to diagnose coronary ... of having coronary ischemia. Noninvasive multislice cardiac computed tomography angiography (CCTA) has emerged since ...

... largest study of its kind to date using cardiac computed tomography angiography, people with a family history ... from more than 8,200 patients who underwent cardiac computed tomography angiography and found that those with a family history of coronary ...

... imaging and computed tomography angiography (CCTA) still have an important role to play in cardiac disease ... Technology background In the late 1990s cardiac computed tomography angiography (CCTA) emerged as a non ...

... filter was fragmented also underwent echocardiography and cardiac computed tomography. A total of 13 of 80 patients (16 percent) had at least one arm or strut ...

... pain and are discharged due to a negative cardiac computed tomography angiogram (CTA), according to a study in the October issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology (www ...