title: Spiral multislice computed tomography coronary angiography: a current status report.
abstract: Multislice computed tomography coronary angiography (MSCT-CA) has emerged as a powerful noninvasive diagnostic modality to visualize the coronary arteries and to detect significant coronary stenoses. The latest generation 64-slice computed tomography (CT) scanners is a robust technique which allows high-resolution, isotropic, nearly motion-free coronary imaging. Coronary stenoses are detected with high sensitivity and a normal scan accurately rules out the presence of a coronary stenosis. With the introduction of further novel concepts in CT-technology one may expect that MSCT-CA will become a clinically used diagnostic tool.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. p.j.defeyter@erasmusmc.nl
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: De Feyter
authors.forename: W B
authors.initials: WB
authors.lastname: Meijboom
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Weustink
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Van Mieghem
authors.forename: N R A
authors.initials: NR
authors.lastname: Mollet
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Vourvouri
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nieman
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Cademartiri
mesh_terms: D017023:Coronary Angiography / Q000379:methods*; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D036542:Tomography, Spiral Computed / Q000379:methods*