Healio

CT ‘safe alternative’ to coronary angiography for CAD diagnosis

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In patients with stable chest pain and intermediate pretest probability of CAD, risk for major adverse CV events ...
ABC News

For Chest Pain in the ER, CT Angiography May Be Best

Nov. 20 -- THURSDAY, Nov. 19 (HealthDay News) -- Compared to standard emergency room triage, CT angiography is quicker, more accurate and much less expensive for screening patients with chest pain who ...
MedPage Today

For Stable Chest Pain, CT Stands Up to Invasive Coronary Angiography

For people with stable chest pain and an intermediate pretest probability of obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD), an initial CT strategy fared similarly to invasive coronary angiography (ICA) ...
Healio

Revascularization rates higher with ‘CT first’ diagnosis of chest pain

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A “CT first” strategy was tied to higher revascularization rates vs. other tests for chest pain. CABG or PCI was ...
TCTMD

FFR During Angiogram Not Beneficial in Chest Pain Patients: RIPCORD 2

A routine strategy that assesses function of all epicardial vessels at the time of diagnostic angiography in patients with new-onset chest pain doesn’t cost any more than conventional diagnostic ...