[Multidetector computed tomography of coronary arteries: state of the art. Second part: clinical applications].
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.
González
Aloha Meave
AM
Departamento de Tomografía Cardíaca del Institute Nacional de Cardiología Ignacio Chávez, Ciudad de México, Tlalpan, México, DF.
Rosas
Erick Alexánderson
EA
Valero
Mónica Rodríguez
MR
Ramírez
Gabriela Meléndez
GM
García
Alfonso Martínez
AM
Fernández
Carlos Sierra
CS
Torres
Rodrigo Calleja
RC
Castillo
Leonardo García-Rojas
LG
Molina
Pedro Alberto Lamothe
PA
Zarza
Mary Carmen Herrera
MC
de Avila
Martha Armas
MA
López
Juan Manuel Ochoa
JM
Vázquez-Lamadrid
Jorge
J
Hayama
Eric Kimura
EK