Integration of computed tomographic coronary angiography into the invasive laboratory and into interventional coronary procedures.
Computed tomographic coronary angiography (CTA) has rapidly evolved to a level where it can be used not only for the diagnosis or exclusion of coronary artery disease, but also to a stage at which the value of CTA derived images in the catheterization laboratory during invasive procedures is under examination. This review will examine the possible role of CTA in selection of patients for invasive coronary angiography (ICA), in the planning of diagnostic ICA in patients who have undergone previous revascularization and the role of CTA in planning percutaneous interventional and surgical procedures.
Halon
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Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Lady Davis Carmel Medical Center, Ruth and Bruce Rappaport School of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel. halondav@tx.technion.ac.il
Lewis
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Gaspar
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Peled
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D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000379:methods; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000379:methods; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed