title: Good visibility of TITAN-2 coronary stents demonstrable on cardiac computer tomographic angiography: a report of 2 cases.
abstract: Numerous studies have sought to assess stent patency by cardiac computer tomographic angiography (CCTA) in comparison with invasive coronary angiography in patients who had undergone percutaneous coronary stenting. Even with newer generation scanners, CCTA has been of limited value in the assessment of the revascularized patient. The main reason being blooming artifact from metallic stents often obscures stent luminal dimension, making the stented segment unassessable. We report on a novel finding of good visibility of TITAN-2 coronary stents demonstrable on CCTA for 2 patients and discuss the possible mechanism and potential implications of this observation.
authors: Paul Jau
authors: PJ
authors: Ong
authors: Ong Paul
authors: OP
authors: Jau
authors: Hee Hwa
authors: HH
authors: Ho
authors: Ho Hee
authors: HH
authors: Hwa
authors: Fahim Haider
authors: FH
authors: Jafary
authors: Jafary Fahim
authors: JF
authors: Haider
authors: Kwok Kong
authors: KK
authors: Loh
authors: Loh Kwok
authors: LK
authors: Kong
authors: Yau Wei
authors: YW
authors: Ooi
authors: Ooi Yau
authors: OY
authors: Wei
authors: Chun Pong
authors: CP
authors: Wong
authors: Wong Chun
authors: WC
authors: Pong
authors: David
authors: D
authors: Foo
authors: Foo
authors: F
authors: David
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000787:Angina Pectoris / Q000209:etiology; D023903:Coronary Restenosis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D015607:Stents; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*