November 24, 2011 (Stanford, California) - Coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) scans in older patients leads to more follow-up testing and downstream costs than stress testing, a new study ...

In an analysis of Medicare data of nearly 300,000 patients who underwent outpatient evaluation for coronary artery disease by either computed tomography (CT) angiography or stress testing, those who ...

BOSTON, MA—Adjunctive coronary CT angiography (CCTA) prior to invasive coronary angiography in patients who’ve had prior CABG shortens procedure duration, improves patient satisfaction, and lowers ...

Physicians can confidently send stable chest pain patients of all ages with an intermediate likelihood of CAD, including those older than 75 years, to CT angiography rather than cardiac ...

Investigators in Denmark recently reviewed data on outcomes after CCTA for more than 110,000 patients who underwent the procedure between 2007 and 2017. Patients who were not diagnosed with myocardial ...

Dr. Joseph Graham, a heart surgeon at St. John's Regional Medical Center in Joplin, got to feel what a patient with a heart problem might experience when a cardiologist assesses the condition of the ...

Today at the American College of Cardiology 2012 Scientific Sessions, Dr Harold Litt (University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia) presented results of a trial that randomized 1370 low- to ...