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A novel ultrafast-low-dose computed tomography protocol allows concomitant coronary artery evaluation and lung cancer screening [PDF]

, 2018
BACKGROUND:Cardiac computed tomography (CT) is often performed in patients who are at high risk for lung cancer in whom screening is currently recommended.
Bandiera, A, Barillari, P, Barillà, F, Gaudio, C, Mangieri, E, Paravati, V, Pellegrini, M, Pelliccia, F, Petriello, G, Tanzilli, A, Tanzilli, G   +10 more
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Small dense LDL particles - a predictor of coronary artery disease evaluated by invasive and CT-based techniques: a case-control study [PDF]

, 2011
Background Coronary angiography is the current standard method to evaluate coronary atherosclerosis in patients with suspected angina pectoris, but non-invasive CT scanning of the coronaries are increasingly used for the same purpose.
Anne P Toft-Petersen, Hans H Tilsted, Jens Aarøe, Klaus Rasmussen, Thorkil Christensen, Bruce A Griffin, Inge V Aardestrup, Annette Andreasen, Erik B Schmidt   +8 more
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EXPERIENCE OF USE MULTIDETECTOR-ROW COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY TO EVALUATE THE STATUS OF CORONARY ARTERIES

Вестник трансплантологии и искусственных органов, 2010
The aim of this article was to show possibilities, range of application and the diagnostic sensitivity 64-slice computed tomography (CT) of coronary artery in daily work of trasplantology clinic. CT coronary angiography was performed in 283 patients (190
R. S. Muslimov, N. N. Abramova, A. A. Pokatilov   +2 more
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Coronary Artery Fistula Unmasking the Absence of Left Pulmonary Artery in an Adult

The Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgeon Reports, 2020
Coronary artery fistulae are an incidental finding in patients undergoing coronary angiography or computed tomography (CT) coronary angiography. A 60-year-old man with known coronary artery disease presented with dyspnea.
Holger H. Sigusch, Andreas Hansch, Torsten Doenst   +2 more
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An Egyptian study to assess the accuracy and reliability of CAD-RADS CT coronary angiography algorithm in the evaluation of coronary artery disease

The Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, 2022
Background Multidetector computed tomography angiography (MDCT) is a non-invasive examination for coronary artery disease. Coronary artery disease reporting and data system (CAD-RADS) is a structured reporting system that successfully facilitated ...
Mena E. Y. Ekladious, Mounir Sobhy Guirguis, Ahmed Mohammed Haggag, Ahmed S. Abdelrahman   +3 more
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Coronary Computed Tomography Angiogram in Patients with Stable Chest Pain [PDF]

Journal of Biomedical & Clinical Research, 2022
Using CT in patients with stable angina can help diagnose obstructive and non-obstructive coronary heart disease and improve the prognosis of patients. Purpose of this study was to compare the diagnostic accuracy of CT in patients with stable angina to ...
Zhivka Stoykova
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Reduction of radiation dose for coronary computed tomography angiography using prospective electrocardiography-triggered high-pitch acquisition in clinical routine [PDF]

, 2018
Purpose: To evaluate the image quality, radiation exposure, and means of application in a group of patients who underwent coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) performed with low-dose prospective electrocardiography (ECG)-triggered acquisition ...
Chaosuwannakit, Narumol, Makarawate, Pattarapong   +1 more
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Marijuana use and coronary artery disease in young adults.

PLoS ONE, 2020
BACKGROUND:Marijuana is the most popular drug of abuse in the United States. The association between its use and coronary artery disease has not yet been fully elucidated.
Jeremy R Burt, Ali M Agha, Basel Yacoub, Aryan Zahergivar, Julie Pepe   +4 more
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Rationale and design of the Clinical Evaluation of Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Coronary heart disease 2 trial (CE-MARC 2): a prospective, multicenter, randomized trial of diagnostic strategies in suspected coronary heart disease [PDF]

, 2015
Background: A number of investigative strategies exist for the diagnosis of coronary heart disease (CHD). Despite the widespread availability of noninvasive imaging, invasive angiography is commonly used early in the diagnostic pathway.
Berry, Colin, Bijsterveld, Petra, Brown, Julia, Everett, Colin C., Greenwood, John P., McCann, Gerry P., Plein, Sven, Ripley, David P., Sculpher, Mark, Walker, Simon   +9 more
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Quantification of atherosclerotic plaque volume in coronary arteries by computed tomographic angiography in subjects with and without diabetes. [PDF]

, 2020
BackgroundDiabetes mellitus (DM) is considered a cardiovascular risk factor. The aim of this study was to analyze the prevalence and volume of coronary artery plaque in patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) vs. those without DM.MethodsThis study recruited
An, Yun-Qiang, Budoff, Matthew J, Gao, Yang, Hou, Zhi-Hui, Li, Zhen-Nan, Lu, Bin, Yin, Wei-Hua   +6 more
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