Cardiac computed tomography (cardiac CT) includes coronary CT angiography (CTA) as well as using CT technology to assess disease of the cardiac valves, aorta and pericardium. This examination requires ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Coronary CTA is as useful as direct invasive coronary angiography when evaluating stable chest pain. Coronary CT ...

Česky: Koronární arterie s anglickým popisem English: heart with coronary arteries (Photo credit: Wikipedia According to a recent study in the New England Journal of Medicine, using coronary CT scans ...

In 2018, Medicare established coverage and reimbursement for its first service using artificial intelligence (AI): computed tomography (CT) fractional flow reserve (FFRCT). FFRCT is used in ...

Computed tomography and coronary angiography are typically used to save or improve lives, not to investigate deaths. But for adults who die suddenly in the absence of suspicious circumstances, the use ...

CT scans are becoming a more commonly used tool to effectively determine a patient’s future risk of heart disease and heart ...

AutoChamber™ and AutoBMD™ AI solutions will soon be available on Precision Imaging Network, with AI-CVD® planned next.

WASHINGTON, DC — Should clinicians take action when an asymptomatic patient has a coronary CT scan that shows nonobstructive plaque, or should these patients not have these scans in the first place?

As technology offers more tools to help diagnose heart disease, you may need to adjust your approach. Here’s the latest on one of those new tools. One of the greatest challenges facing primary-care ...

Radiation doses from scans used to diagnose heart and vascular disease vary widely, and they could be reduced significantly if strategies for minimizing exposure were more widely followed, a new study ...

VANCOUVER — Unobstructive and even obstructive CAD is fairly common at coronary computed-tomographic (CT) angiography in patients with suspected coronary disease but no modifiable CV risk factors, ...

16-slice CT coronary angiography is highly accurate but is not yet a clinically acceptable alternative to catheter-based coronary angiography Previous investigations have already indicated that ...