title: Coronary CT angiography in the elderly.
abstract: People over 75 years of age represent a specific group of patients for which the clinician is often in doubt about what to do, whether additional diagnostic workup is helpful or a primary medical approach would suffice. However, this patient population is less prone to the long-term effects of radiation burden or contrast medium-induced nephropathy, and therefore it may be especially worthwhile to use advanced imaging techniques such as contrast-enhanced CT in these patients. The following cases illustrate two common diagnostic problems, in which coronary CT angiography decided the clinical course.
authors: Department of Cardiology, VU University Medical Center, De Boelelaan 1117, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, r.nijveldt@cardiologie-vumc.nl.
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Nijveldt
authors: T
authors: T
authors: Pflederer
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Achenbach
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