CT Coronary Angiogram

Coronary CT angiography will, in my opinion, be the new gold standard for coronary imaging in the future. Quick, non-invasive, low radiation exposure and absolutely spectacular image quality will make this a test used almost universally in any patient with suspected clinical coronary disease - Steven Lome, DO, RVT

CT Coronary Angiogram
CT Coronary Angiogram

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Love Your Heart: Coronary CT angiogram


You have probably heard of a stress test to determine any issues with your heart. However, here's another test that doctors say can give patients more ease of mind, and still know what is happening in their heart.

In November, Susan Nichols started having classic heart attack symptoms, including chest pains and shortness of breath. As a former paramedic, she knew something wasn't right.

"One morning, I got up and was really sick, it just felt off, and I took my blood pressure and my blood pressure was extremely high it was almost 200/128," Nichols said.

After a visit to the hospital, Dr. Ryan Masters suggested she get a coronary CT angiogram done.

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Since publishing my 5 part series illustrating that stress tests are useless (also available as an EM Cases Journal Jam Episode and on EM:RAP), I have received a number of requests to review coronary CT angiography (CCTA). After all, stress testing is old technology. CCTA is newer and therefore obviously better. We can get immediate images of the coronary arteries, and with the newer FFR technology, we can also get physiologic information about potentially flow limiting lesions. What’s not to like?

 Love Your Heart: Coronary CT angiogram

You have probably heard of a stress test to determine any issues with your heart. However, here's another test that doctors say can give patients more ease of mind, and still know what is happening in their heart.

Angioplasty.org

Whether it's called multislice CT (MSCT), multidetector CT (MDCT), cardiac CT or cardiovascular CT, the CT stands for "Computed Tomography", a way of measuring parts of the anatomy by sections (originally known as "Computed Axial Tomography" or CAT scans).

RadiologyInfo.org

Patients undergoing a CCTA scan receive an iodine-containing contrast material as an intravenous (IV) injection to ensure the best possible images of the heart blood vessels.

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