The anatomical evaluation of the coronary arteries, the clinical indication for revascularization procedure and followup of patients has always been prerogative of invasive coronary angiography. However this technique has several disvantages. First, it is invasive and associated with a not neglegible incidence of adverse events. Second, it is expensive and last the information obtained via catheter-based coronary angiography pertains to the coronary arterial lumen alone.The introduction of multidetector computed tomography scanner associated with high-speed and ECG-gated x-ray tube allowed an increase in spatial and temporal resolution such as to consider this technology a valuable alternative to the invasive coronary angiography. The aim of this review is to describe tecnical background, clinical applications and issues of radiation exposure of this new promising diagnostic method.

Ruolo della tomografia computerizzata multidetettore nella valutazione della cardiopatia ischemica : principî tecnologici e applicazioni cliniche / G. Pontone, E. Bertella, D. Andreini, S. Mushtaq, M. Pepi. - In: RECENTI PROGRESSI IN MEDICINA. - ISSN 0034-1193. - 101:12(2010 Dec), pp. 490-500. [10.1701/534.6396]

Ruolo della tomografia computerizzata multidetettore nella valutazione della cardiopatia ischemica : principî tecnologici e applicazioni cliniche

G. Pontone;E. Bertella
Secondo
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D. Andreini;S. Mushtaq
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2010

Abstract

The anatomical evaluation of the coronary arteries, the clinical indication for revascularization procedure and followup of patients has always been prerogative of invasive coronary angiography. However this technique has several disvantages. First, it is invasive and associated with a not neglegible incidence of adverse events. Second, it is expensive and last the information obtained via catheter-based coronary angiography pertains to the coronary arterial lumen alone.The introduction of multidetector computed tomography scanner associated with high-speed and ECG-gated x-ray tube allowed an increase in spatial and temporal resolution such as to consider this technology a valuable alternative to the invasive coronary angiography. The aim of this review is to describe tecnical background, clinical applications and issues of radiation exposure of this new promising diagnostic method.
Myocardial Ischemia ; Humans ; Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Settore MED/11 - Malattie dell'Apparato Cardiovascolare
dic-2010
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