November 24, 2011 (Stanford, California) - Coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) scans in older patients leads to more follow-up testing and downstream costs than stress testing, a new study ...

In an analysis of Medicare data of nearly 300,000 patients who underwent outpatient evaluation for coronary artery disease by either computed tomography (CT) angiography or stress testing, those who ...

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) has stubbornly remained the leading cause of death in the world for over three decades. Many of these deaths are caused by coronary artery disease (CAD), and roughly 21 ...

It is unclear whether an evaluation incorporating coronary computed tomographic angiography (CCTA) is more effective than standard evaluation in the emergency department in patients with symptoms ...

TORRANCE, CA — The insights provided by coronary CT angiography (CCTA) are similar to what is available from quantitative coronary angiography (QCA), suggests a prospective comparative study that gave ...

Investigators in Denmark recently reviewed data on outcomes after CCTA for more than 110,000 patients who underwent the procedure between 2007 and 2017. Patients who were not diagnosed with myocardial ...

PARIS, France—On top of invasive coronary angiography alone, performing coronary CT angiography (CCTA) first to evaluate hemodynamically stable patients with prior CABG does not lower but rather ...

Ever since the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) gave priority to coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) as the test of choice for patients presenting with recent-onset ...