title: [Multidetector computed tomography of coronary arteries: state of the art. Second part: clinical applications].
abstract: At the beginning of the evaluation of Coronary Artery Disease (CAD), Coronary Multidetector Computed Tomography (MDCT) was exclusively used to detect calcified plaques in coronary arteries through the Calcium Score, whose value by itself is limited. Nowadays, thanks to the technological advancements, potential clinical applications, with this method, include detection of coronary arterial stenosis, assessment of coronary bridges, and evaluation of anomalous coronaries. The intraluminal coronary stent evaluation is not possible yet, but this might become possible with the new-generation scanners. At the moment, the published results seem to be promising, nonetheless, the enthusiasm generated by this method should be accompanied by adequate training, as well as by its validation and certification.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Tomografía Cardíaca del Institute Nacional de Cardiología Ignacio Chávez, Ciudad de México, Tlalpan, México, DF.
authors.forename: Aloha Meave
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: González
authors.forename: Erick Alexánderson
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Rosas
authors.forename: Mónica Rodríguez
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Valero
authors.forename: Gabriela Meléndez
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Ramírez
authors.forename: Alfonso Martínez
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: García
authors.forename: Carlos Sierra
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Fernández
authors.forename: Rodrigo Calleja
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Torres
authors.forename: Leonardo García-Rojas
authors.initials: LG
authors.lastname: Castillo
authors.forename: Pedro Alberto Lamothe
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Molina
authors.forename: Mary Carmen Herrera
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Zarza
authors.forename: Martha Armas
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: de Avila
authors.forename: Juan Manuel Ochoa
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: López
authors.forename: Jorge
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vázquez-Lamadrid
authors.forename: Eric Kimura
authors.initials: EK
authors.lastname: Hayama