The diagnostic accuracy of 64-slice CTCA for ruling out the presence of significant coronary stenoses in patients undergoing valve surgery is excellent and allows CTCA implementation as a gatekeeper for invasive CCA in these patients.
64-slice CTCA has a high sensitivity to detect significant coronary stenoses, and is reliable to exclude the presence of significant coronary artery disease in patients who present with a non-ST elevation ACS.
in patients with ischaemic cardiomyopathy, close and significant relations between gated SPET and 2D echocardiography were observed for the assessment of regional and global LV function and LV volumes; gated SPET has the advantage that it provides information on both LV function/dimensions and perfusion.
Quantification of coronary plaque within selected proximal or middle coronary segments without image blurring and heavy calcification with 64-slice CT was moderately accurate with respect to intravascular ultrasound and demonstrated good reproducibility. Further improvement in CT resolution is required for more reliable measurement of coronary plaques using quantification software.
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