Clinical situations in which coronary CT angiography confers superior diagnostic information compared with coronary angiography.
Publication/Presentation Date
1-1-2012
Abstract
In this review, we aimed to outline the clinical and pathological conditions for which multidetector computed tomography coronary angiography (MDCT-CA) should be the preferred method because of its advantages over conventional coronary angiography (CCA). A consistent body of literature suggests that MDCT-CA is more than just complementary to CCA and that it provides more valuable diagnostic information in certain clinical situations, such as complex coronary artery variations, aorto-ostial lesions, follow-up of bypass grafts, myocardial bridging, coronary artery fistulas, aortic and coronary artery dissections, and cases in which the coronary ostia cannot be cannulated by a catheter because of massive atherosclerosis or extremely tortuous vascular structures.
Volume
18
Issue
3
First Page
261
Last Page
269
ISSN
1305-3612
Published In/Presented At
Kantarcı, M., Doğanay, S., Karçaaltıncaba, M., Karabulut, N., Erol, M. K., Yalçın, A., Duran, C., Dursun, M., Karakaya, A., & Tatlı, S. (2012). Clinical situations in which coronary CT angiography confers superior diagnostic information compared with coronary angiography. Diagnostic and interventional radiology (Ankara, Turkey), 18(3), 261–269. https://doi.org/10.4261/1305-3825.DIR.5064-11.1
Disciplines
Diagnosis | Medicine and Health Sciences | Other Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment | Radiology
PubMedID
22261852
Department(s)
Department of Radiology and Diagnostic Medical Imaging
Document Type
Article