title: [Spiral CT angiography in practice].
abstract: Incidence of vascular diseases and development of new radiologic techniques in the last three decades has given strong impuls for introduction of non-invasive vascular diagnostic methods. Thanks to the introduction of Doppler ultrasound, new types of computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance (MR) scanners, non-invasive vascular diagnostic methods are replacing conventional invasive (catheter) angiographic methods. Computed tomographic angiography (CTA) is a noninvasive vascular diagnostic method based on continuous scanning with CT scanner during intravenous application of contrast material. Performing of CTA is possible after introduction of spiral CT technique whose characteristics are short imaging time and volumetric data acquisition. The main goal of this article, based on our experiences, is to review the role of CTA, performed on single-slice CT scanner, in managment of patients with vascular pathology.
authors.affiliation: Djelatnost za radiologiju i ultrazvuk, Zupanijska bolnica Cakovec, Cakovec.
authors.forename: Zlatko
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Pavcec
authors.forename: Ivan
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Zokalj
authors.forename: Zoran
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Rumboldt
authors.forename: Andrej
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pal
authors.forename: Hussein
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Saghir
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ozretić
authors.forename: Branko
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Latin
authors.forename: Zeljka
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Perhoć
authors.forename: Miljenko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Marotti
mesh_terms: D000792:Angiography; D003287:Contrast Media; D006801:Humans; D036542:Tomography, Spiral Computed; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014652:Vascular Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media