Cite this: Cardiac CTA: One-Stop-Shop Coronary Artery Assessment - Medscape - May 25, 2006. Authors and Disclosures Glenn Krinsky, MD , Valley Hospital Health System, Ridgewood, New Jersey ...

Coronary CT angiography and coronary artery calcium scoring each have their benefits as a primary prevention tool, two experts said. This debate comparing coronary CTA with CAC scoring took place ...

Noninvasive coronary computed tomography angiography (CTA) is a cost-effective alternative to invasive cardiac catheterization in the care of patients who have positive stress test results but a ...

Two potential uses of CTA are addressed in this report; 1) Use of CTA to diagnose coronary artery stenosis, and 2) use of CTA in the evaluation of acute chest pain.

Although coronary CTA exams are growing in use, coronary angiograms remain the "gold standard" for detecting coronary artery stenosis, which is a significant narrowing of an artery that could ...

This is important because coronary computed tomography angiography (coronary CTA) has become the preferred noninvasive imaging exam to help clinicians detect and rule out coronary artery disease ...

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Doctors use coronary CT angiography (CTA) to diagnose narrowed or blocked arteries in the heart. A CTA exam receives a score from mild (0–1) to moderate (2–3) to severe (4–5).

A newly developed, non-invasive imaging test can help identify which patients with coronary artery blockage or narrowing need angioplasty or a bypass procedure, a new study says.