The imaging of coronary artery disease

摘要: The current ‘gold standard' investigation of coronary atherosclerosis is invasive angiography. In the UK, more than 250,000 cardiac catheterizations are performed each year. Less 40% these percutaneous interventional procedures and many patients found to have normal coronaries or only minimal disease. During catheterization, a single can establish diagnosis allow therapeutic intervention, but as with any procedure there small, associated risks. Development non-invasive imaging strategy has potential reduce number undergoing without need for intervention. Here we consider utility modalities evaluation structural arterial disease cardiovascular risk assessment, focusing on multi-slice computed tomography (MSCT) alternative diagnostic