Coronary CT angiography in coronary artery disease: Opportunities and challenges [PDF]
, 2016 Coronary CT angiography is widely recognised as a reliable imaging modality for the diagnosis of coronary artery disease. Coronary CT angiography not only provides excellent visualisation of anatomical changes in the coronary artery with high diagnostic ...
Sun, Zhonghua
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A case of anomalous coronary artery origin: The role of computerised tomography
SAGE Open Medical Case Reports, 2016 Objective: To illustrate the utility of CT coronary angiography in the assessment of patients with anomalous coronary arteries. Methods: A 65-year-old woman who presented with a clinical history of unstable angina was investigated with both computerised ...
Jeeva John +2 more
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Al-Azhar Assiut Medical Journal, 2022 Background and aim Diabetes mellitus is a metabolic disorder affecting a wide range of the population all over the world. Microvascular and macrovascular complications are very common in diabetic patients with high incidence of affection of the coronary ...
Ragab Ali Mohamed Habour +3 more
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Fractional flow reserve versus angiography in guiding management to optimize outcomes in non–ST-elevation myocardial infarction (FAMOUS-NSTEMI): rationale and design of a randomized controlled clinical trial [PDF]
, 2013 <p>Background: In patients with acute non–ST-elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI), coronary arteriography is usually recommended; but visual interpretation of the angiogram is subjective.
Balachandran, Kanarath P. +10 more
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Accuracy of Fractional Flow Reserve Derived From Coronary Angiography
Circulation, 2019 Background: Measuring fractional flow reserve (FFR) with a pressure wire remains underutilized because of the invasiveness of guide wire placement or the need for a hyperemic stimulus.
W. Fearon +17 more
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Radiation dose associated with coronary CT angiography and invasive coronary angiography: An experimental study of the effect of dose-saving strategies [PDF]
, 2011 This study was conducted on a human anthropomorphic phantom to investigate the effective dose and entrance skin dose (ESD) in selected radiosensitive organs through invasive and computed tomography (CT) coronary angiography procedures using different ...
Ng, K., Sabarudin, A., Sun, Zhonghua
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Coronary CT angiography: Diagnostic value and clinical challenges [PDF]
, 2013 Coronary computed tomography (CT) angiography has been increasingly used in the diagnosis of coronary artery disease due to improved spatial and temporal resolution with high diagnostic value being reported when compared to invasive coronary angiography.
Sabarudin, Akmal, Sun, Zhonghua
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Deep learning segmentation of major vessels in X-ray coronary angiography
Scientific Reports, 2019 X-ray coronary angiography is a primary imaging technique for diagnosing coronary diseases. Although quantitative coronary angiography (QCA) provides morphological information of coronary arteries with objective quantitative measures, considerable ...
Su Yang +18 more
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Predictors and morphological properties of culprit healed plaques in patients with angina pectoris
Clinical Cardiology, Volume 45, Issue 12, Page 1199-1210, December 2022., 2022 Abstract Background Plaque healing may serve a vital function in the natural progression of atherosclerotic disease. This study sought to investigate predictors and morphological characteristics of healed plaque (HP) among angina pectoris (AP) patients.
Hongying Yao +5 more
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Journal of the Saudi Heart Association, 2016 Computed tomography coronary angiography (CTCA) has emerged as an accurate anatomic method for detection of coronary arteries. The use of the left internal mammary artery (LIMA) to bypass the left anterior descending artery (LAD) is the “gold standard ...
H. Alshehri
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